This book is for any child or parent of a child who seems to worry lot or who feels anxious or nervous. This book is a story of child who feels the same way. The book is meant to show children that worrying is normal and that lots of people worry, even their parents!

Weak, corrupt, and politically unstable, the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are dismissed as isolated and irrelevant to the outside world. But are they? This hard-hitting book argues that Central Asia is in reality a globalization leader with more extensive involvement in economics, politics, and security dynamics beyond its borders than any other world region. Yet Central Asia's international activities are mostly hidden from view, with distu...