num_pages: 148
description: Unhappy about their family's two month move to Nepal, twelve-year-old Annie fears the worse and is less than thrilled upon her arrival, but after being befriended by a local girl named Nirmala, Annie finally gets to see the real Nepal and begins to enjoy her trip as the great adventure it was meant to be.
language: English
title: Close Encounters of a Third World Kind
titlecomplete: Close Encounters of a Third World Kind
ratings_count: 31
publisher: Holiday House