Blood and ink

By Stephen Davies

Subjects: Islamic fundamentalism, Sufism, Sufi literature, Politics and government, Tombouctou (Mali) -- Politics and government -- 21st century -- Juvenile fiction, Antiquities, Islamic fundamentalism -- Fiction, Islamic antiquities -- Juvenile fiction, Sufism -- Mali -- Juvenile fiction, Mali -- History -- Tuareg Rebellion, 2012- -- Juvenile fiction, Islamic antiquities, Sufism -- Mali -- Fiction, Terrorists -- Juvenile fiction, Mali -- History -- Tuareg Rebellion, 2012 -- Fiction, Tombouctou (Mali) -- Fiction, Islamic fundamentalism -- Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Terrorism, Juvenile fiction, Terrorists, History, Antiquities -- Fiction, Sufi literature -- Juvenile fiction, Terrorism -- Fiction

Description: Kadija is the music-loving daughter of a guardian of the library in the ancient city of Timbuktu, Ali is a former shepherd boy, trained by Islamist militants--and both are caught up in the war in Mali and on opposite sides of the stuggle to save the sacred Sufi manuscripts that the militants want to destroy.