num_pages: 192
description: Like many girls her age in the India of her time period, thirteen-year-old-Koly is getting married. Full of hope and courage, she leaves home forever. But Koly's story takes a terrible turn when in the wake of the ceremony, she discovers she's been horribly misled about exactly what she is marrying into. Her future, it would seem, is lost. Yet this rare young woman, bewildered and brave, sets out to forge her own exceptional future.
language: English
title: Homeless Bird
titlecomplete: Homeless Bird
genres: Historical, Childrens, India, Young Adult, Middle Grade, School, Historical Fiction, Coming Of Age, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 13727
places: India
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: National Book Award
category: Young People's Literature, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Michigan Library Association Thumbs Up! Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature
publisher: HarperCollins