A girl named disaster
Title
:
A girl named disaster
Personal Author EPSB
:
Nancy. Farmer
Summary
:
While fleeing from Mozambique to Zimbabwe to escape an unwanted marriage, Nhamo, an eleven-year-old Shona girl, struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits.
Year Published
:
1998
Physical Description
:
309 p. : maps ; 20 cm.
Reading Grade level
:
5.9.
Age Interest level
:
Gr. 6-9
Grade Interest level
:
5-8
Awards
:
Newbery Honor Book, 1997
Subject
:
Shona (African people) -- Fiction.
Wilderness survival -- Fiction.
Supernatural -- Fiction.
Survival -- Fiction.
Supernatural- -- Fiction.
Survival -- Fiction
Supernatural -- Fiction
Shona (African people) - Fiction
Geographic Term
:
Mozambique -- Fiction.
Zimbabwe -- Fiction.
Summary
:
While fleeing from Mozambique to Zimbabwe to escape an unwanted marriage, Nhamo, an eleven-year-old Shona girl, struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits.
ISBN
:
9780140386356
Publisher
:
New York : Puffin, 1998.
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| D.S. MacKenzie | FIC FAR | Book | 30522000250669 | Historical Fiction |