Chapter 13-end

When she got home her mom told her that Nooria is going to be getting married. Parvana could not believe that her own sister was going to leave to get married. The next day she was going to leave to move to Mazar, but Parvana refused to go. So, her mom decided to leave Parvana with Mrs. Weera. She is very upset to see her family leave, but her work must go on.

One day when there was a storm, Parvana decided to stay late and got caught in a building. She fell asleep and woke up to a woman crying. Parvana took the woman home and found out some scary information. The woman's name was Homa and she was from Mazar. The Taliban had come to the city and attacked people's homes. This scared Parvana so much that Shauzia had to come and ask her to come back to work with her.

One day after work she sees two men carrying her father. Parvana was so happy that her father was alive. Her father liked Homa because she was able to speak English. Even though her father is back she goes back to work so that she can get food for her father. At work, Shauzia tells Parvana that her family is trying to marry her off. This makes Shauzia want to leave even more.

When Parvana gets home she finds out that people have fled Mazar. This gives her father the idea to leave to go to Mazar to get her family. She also finds out that Mrs. Weera is planing on leaving to go to Pakistan with Homa to work on the newspaper that Parvana's mom helped start.

A couple days before Parvana and her dad were about to leave, Parvana decides to say goodbye to an old friend. When she did her dad's job, there was a woman that gave her gifts. So to say goodbye she plants some wildflowers where she used to work to goodbye.

When Parvana was about to leave with her dad, Shauzia shows up to say goodbye. She gives Parvana apricots and says that we don't have to say goodbye. She tells her that in 20 years you can meet me at the Eiffel Tower in France. Shauzia doesn't know what is coming next, but she does know that she will find her family.