Edition |
1st Ember ed. |
Description |
240 pages, 17 pages, 10 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm. |
Series |
Random House reader's circle |
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Reader's circle (Random House (Firm))
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Note |
Includes glossary, a Readers Guide, a conversation with Suzanne Fisher Staples, and excerpt from Havel: sequel to Shabanu. |
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. |
Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.9 9.0 7122. |
Subject |
Cholistan Desert (Pakistan) -- Fiction.
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Pakistan -- Fiction.
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Sex role -- Fiction.
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Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Subject |
Sex role. (OCoLC)fst01114598
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Pakistan. (OCoLC)fst01210275
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Pakistan -- Cholistan Desert.
(OCoLC)fst01245443
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ISBN |
9780307977885 paperback |
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0307977889 paperback |
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