num_pages: 240
description: Life is both sweet and cruel to strong-willed young Shabanu, whose home is the windswept Cholistan Desert of Pakistan. The second daughter in a family with no sons, she’s been allowed freedoms forbidden to most Muslim girls. But when a tragic encounter with a wealthy and powerful landowner ruins the marriage plans of her older sister, Shabanu is called upon to sacrifice everything she’s dreamed of. Should she do what is necessary to uphold her family’s honor—or listen to the stirrings of her own heart?
language: English
title: Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind
titlecomplete: Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind (Shabanu, #1)
characters: Auntie, Shabanu, Dadi, Mama, Phulan
genres: Historical, Cultural, Teen, Young Adult, Middle Grade, School, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Pakistan, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 7126
places: Pakistan
series: Shabanu
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: Laurel Leaf