Shabanu : daughter of the wind

Título
: 
Shabanu : daughter of the wind

Suzanne Fisher. Staples

Resumen
: 
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.

Fecha de publicación como intervalo
: 
2003

Readers circle

Descripción física
: 
240 p. ; 18 cm.

Newberry Honor Book

Término de la materia
: 
Sex role -- Fiction.

Término geográfico
: 
Cholistan Desert (Pakistan) -- Fiction.
 
Pakistan -- Fiction.

Síntesis
: 
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.

ISBN
: 
9780440238560

Información de publicación
: 
New York : Laurel-Leaf, [2003?]


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