Shabanu: daughter of the wind
Subtitle: with related readings
By: by Suzanne Fisher Staples
Series: Glencoe literature library
Publisher: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780028180175
Subjects: Girls; Juvenile fiction; Nomads; Social life and customs; Sex role; Civilization
Description: When eleven-year old Shabanu, the daughter of a nomad in the Cholistan Desert of present-day Pakistan, is pledged in marriage to an older man whose money will bring prestige to the family, she must either accept the decision, as is the custom, or risk the consequences of defying her father's wishes.
Notes: Newbery honor, 1990
Table of contents: title: Shabanu, daughter of the wind / Suzanne Fisher Staples; title: from Desert flower / Waris Dirie and Cathleen Miller; title: Nothing runs like a camel / Diane Yancey; title: My mother combs my hair / Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni; title: Picture bride / Cathy Song; title: Marriage is a private affair / Chinua Achebe; title: Story of Wali Dâd the simple-hearted / Andrew Lang, editor.