The Other Side of the Sky charts one adolescent girl’s coming-of-age story. Compare and contrast Ahmedi’s childhood story with different people’s stories in the US.

At the end of her memoir, we have the sense that Ahmedi has filled her father’s shoes and made great sacrifices to support her family. Compare Ahmedi with her father: what are their common traits and how do their differences contrast with each other?

Explain the range of psychological states that Ahmedi encounters after she has the landmine accident. Can these emotions be compared or contrasted with the commonly recognized stages of grief people experience when a loved one dies? Did something die within Ahmedi when she had the accident?