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Author Farmer, Nancy, 1941-

Title A girl named Disaster / Nancy Farmer.

Imprint New York : Orchard Books, ©1996.

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Location Call No. Status
 Burlington Public Library - Teen  YF FAR    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Basement Materials  YA FAR    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Children's Department  JF FAR    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Children's Department  J F FARMER c.2  Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Teen  TEEN FARMER    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Children's Room  J FAR    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J FIC FARMER    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Children's Department  JUV. 818 F234G    Check Shelf
Description 309 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Note "A Richard Jackson book"--Half title page.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-309).
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.
Awards Newbery Honor Book, 1997; American Library Association Notable Children's Book 1997
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.1 14.0 15809.
Reading Counts RC 6-8 5.9 15 Quiz: 04513 Guided reading level: X.
Subject Shona (African people) -- Juvenile fiction.
Zimbabwe -- Juvenile fiction.
Survival -- Juvenile fiction.
Mozambique -- Juvenile fiction.
Africa -- Juvenile fiction.
Shona (African people) -- Fiction.
Survival -- Fiction.
Supernatural -- Fiction.
Mozambique -- Fiction.
Zimbabwe -- Fiction.
Africa -- Fiction.
Shona (African people) (OCoLC)fst01116807
Survival. (OCoLC)fst01761768
Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239509
Mozambique. (OCoLC)fst01214418
Zimbabwe. (OCoLC)fst01209419
Supernatural -- Fiction.
Wilderness survival -- Fiction.
Adventure fiction.
Zimbabwe -- Fiction.
Genre/Form Adventure fiction -- Young adult.
Curriculum resource.
Action and adventure fiction. (OCoLC)fst01921574
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Paranormal fiction. (OCoLC)fst01921727
Adventure fiction.
Paranormal fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.
ISBN 0531095398
9780531095393
0531088898 (lib. bdg.)
9780531088890 (lib. bdg.)
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