Point out to students that the novel has a number of descriptions of sounds, e.g., the sounds of Peshawar (page 42), the sounds of the jail (page 72), the American children’s whining (page 93). Discuss how the descriptions add to a reader’s understanding of setting and/or action. Have students work on their own or with a partner to skim the novel for other examples and then create a digital soundscape — a series of sound effects — that represents a particular event, chapter or the whole book. They could include spoken-word clips of passages or dialogue from the novel — encourage experimentation. Students can record their own sound effects, and public-domain sound effects are also available on the Internet.
