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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Children's Books
ISBN-100679810307
ISBN-139780679810308
eBay Product ID (ePID)2016352
Product Key Features
Book TitleShabanu : Daughter of the Wind
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1991
TopicGeneral, Girls & Women
GenreJuvenile Fiction
AuthorSuzanne Fisher Staples
FormatMass Market
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight5.3 Oz
Item Length6.9 in
Item Width4.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience
LCCN89-002714
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromSeventh Grade
Grade ToTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal[Fic]
Synopsis"This first novel is, on several counts, one of the most exciting YA books to appear recently. Staples is so steeped in her story and its Pakistani setting that the use of a first-person voice for a desert child rings authentic--the voice is clear, consistent, and convincing. Shabanu and her sister are to marry brothers as soon as they all come of age. But she will eventually lose her betrothed and be promised to a wealthy landowner to settle a feud. The richness and tragedy of a whole culture are reflected in the fate of this girl's family. Through an involving plot Staples has given readers insight into lives totally different from their own, but into emotions resoundingly familiar."--(starred)Bulletin, Center for Children's Books.