This is a fictionalized story from the true story of Trent Reedy and Jawad Arash.

This is a wonderful book about the friendship been an American soldier, Joe, and an Afghan boy, Baheer.

Joe is sent to Afghanistan a little close to 2 years after 9/11. There he encounters a boy, Baheer and they strike up a friendship. Baheer loves getting to practice English and Joe grows out of his bias that "the few don't equal the many". The Afghan people had to endure years upon years with the Taliban and their terrible rule.

It's really sweet and you get to see the good side (sounds weird to say but I hope you know what I mean) of this war.. The Americans that went over there to help. The way they paved to allow girls to go to schools.

Make sure to read the authors notes and acknowledgements so you can get an even closer glimpse at these 2 men that wrote this book.