Title A girl called Genghis Khan : how Maria Toorpakai Wazir pretended to be a boy, defied the Taliban, and became a world famous squash player / Michelle Lord ; illustrated by Shehzil Malik.

Publication Info.	New York : Sterling Children's Books, an imprint of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., [2019]
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Location	Call No.	Status
Canton Public Library - Child New Materials	J 796.43 LORD	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department	J 796.343 TOORPAKAI	Check Shelf
Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department	JJ-B TOORPAKAI, MARIA WAZIR	Check Shelf

Description	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Series	People who shaped our world
Audience	Age: 5+
	Grades: K to Grade 3.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary	Meet Maria Toorpakai Wazir, a brave Pakistani girl who pursued her love of sports in spite of being taunted and beaten. When the President of Pakistan gave Maria an award for outstanding achievement, the Taliban threatened her squash club, family, and life. Forced to quit the team, she continued to practice in her bedroom <i>every day for three years!</i> Maria's story will inspire and empower all children . . . especially girls.
Subject	Toorpakai, Maria, 1990- -- Juvenile literature.
	Taliban -- Juvenile literature.
	Squash players -- Pakistan -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Women squash players -- Pakistan -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Passing (Identity) -- Pakistan -- Juvenile literature.
	Escapes -- Pakistan -- Juvenile literature.
	Women's rights -- Pakistan -- Juvenile literature.
	Women -- Pakistan -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature.
	Women athletes -- Pakistan -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature.
	Pakistan -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature.
	Women squash players -- Pakistan.
	Passing (Identity)
	Escapes.
	Women athletes -- Pakistan.
	Toorpakai, Maria, 1990- (OCoLC)fst01941657
	Taliban. (OCoLC)fst00743547
	Escapes. (OCoLC)fst00915129
	Passing (Identity) (OCoLC)fst01054417
	Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
	Squash players. (OCoLC)fst01131096
	Women athletes -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01177195
	Women -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01176947
	Women squash players. (OCoLC)fst01178576
	Women's rights. (OCoLC)fst01178818
	Pakistan. (OCoLC)fst01210275
Genre/Form	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Biographies.
Added Author	Malik, Shehzil, illustrator.
ISBN	9781454931362 (Book / HC-PLC with Jacket Picture Book)
	1454931361

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