Shabanu : daughter of the wind / by Suzanne Fisher Staples.
1989
PZ7.S79346 Sh 1989 (Mapit)
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Title
Shabanu : daughter of the wind / by Suzanne Fisher Staples.
Author
ISBN
0394948157 (lib. bdg.)
Publication Details
New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, c1989.
Language
English
Description
240 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Call Number
PZ7.S79346 Sh 1989
Dewey Decimal Classification
[Fic]
Summary
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.
Awards
Newbery Honor, 1990.
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