Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind (Readers Circle) - Softcover

Staples, Suzanne Fisher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440238560 ISBN 13: 9780440238560

Verlag: Laurel Leaf, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

When eleven-year old Shabanu, the daughter of a nomad in the Cholistan Desert of present-day Pakistan, is pledged in marriage to an older man whose money will bring prestige to the family, she must either accept the decision, as is the custom, or risk the consequences of defying her father's wishes. A Newbery Honor Book. Reissue.

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Suzanne Fisher Staples is the award-winning author whose novels for young adults include Haveli, the sequel to Shabanu; Dangerous Skies; and Shiva’s Fire. Before writing books, she worked for many years as a UPI correspondent in Asia, with stints in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India.

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Life is both sweet and cruel to strong-willed young Shabanu, whose home is the windswept Cholistan Desert of Pakistan. The second daughter in a family with no sons, she s been allowed freedoms forbidden to most Muslim girls. But when a tragic encounter with a wealthy and powerful landowner ruins the marriage plans of her older sister, Shabanu is called upon to sacrifice everything she s dreamed of. Should she do what is necessary to uphold her family s honor or listen to the stirrings of her own heart?

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• Verlag: Laurel Leaf
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0440238560
• ISBN 13: 9780440238560
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288
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