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A girl named Disaster / Nancy Farmer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Orchard Books, c1996.Description: 309 p. : map ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0531095398
  • 0531088898 (lib. bdg.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PZ7.F23814 Gi 1996
Summary: While fleeing from Mozambique to Zimbabwe to escape an unwanted marriage, Nhamo, an eleven-year-old Shona girl, struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits.
List(s) this item appears in: Newbery Medal
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Juvenile Collection Juvenile Collection Albright College Library Juvenile Fiction and Non-Fiction Children's collection J-Fic F234g (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 31856001744315
Total holds: 0

"A Richard Jackson book"--Half t.p.

A National Book Award finalist.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-309).

While fleeing from Mozambique to Zimbabwe to escape an unwanted marriage, Nhamo, an eleven-year-old Shona girl, struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits.

A Newbery Honor book.

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