num_pages: 96
description: In her Bangladesh village, ten-year-old Naima excels at painting designs called alpanas, but to help her impoverished family financially she would have to be a boy--or disguise herself as one.
language: English
title: Rickshaw Girl
titlecomplete: Rickshaw Girl
genres: Middle Grade, Bangladesh, Childrens, Chapter Books, Asia, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Cultural, Realistic Fiction, Family
ratings_count: 1762
places: Bangladesh
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Jane Addams Children's Book Award
category: Older Children
publisher: Charlesbridge