Shabanu : daughter of the wind.
Title:
Shabanu : daughter of the wind.
Personal Author EPSB:
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.
Year Published:
2012,
1989
Physical Description:
240 p. ; 21 cm.
Note:
Prequel to: Haveli.
Newbery Honor Book.
Note (Local):
[w] 2.
MEL
Reading Grade level:
6.3.
Grade Interest level:
Young Adult.
Program Information:
Gr. 7+
Accelerated Reader UG 5.9 9.0 7122
ELA 10-1
ACCELERATED READER-GREEN 9
Awards:
Newbery Honor, 1990
Geographic Term:
Curriculum Objective:
UPC:
0090129005505
ISBN:
9780679810308
Publisher:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012, c1989.
