This novel set in the Cholistan Desert of Pakistan features Shabanu, an 11-year-old girl who is the youngest member of her family. Shabanu and her sister, Phulan, have already been promised in marriage to two brothers, and although Shabanu knows it is her familial duty to marry, she doesn't want to give up her freedom and her work tending her ...
Left alone in Afghanistan, young Najmah hopes to find her father and brother, who were conscripted by the Taliban, and she begins the perilous journey to cross the border into Pakistan. There, an American woman teaches refugee children under the persimmon tree in her garden.
In this sequel to "Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind", the now 18-year-old Pakistani girl is married to Rahim, a man over 40 years older than herself. Because she is the most loved, Shabanu is the object of jealousy of Rahim's four other wives, and she must keep careful watch in order to maintain her place in the household and to keep her beloved ...
In this story set in India, Parvati is a girl who was born with mystical talents such as the ability to charm wild animals and birds. When she was six, Parvati was able to dance through a fire and come out unsinged, a feat which results in her being compared to the Hindu god Shiva. Unable to understand Parvati's talents, the other members of her ...
It has been ten years since Shabanu staged her death to secure the safety of her daughter, Mumtaz, from her husband's murderous brother. Mumtaz has been raised by her father's family with the education and security her mother desired for her, but with little understanding and love. Only her American cousin Jameel, her closest confidant and friend, ...
Shabanu, daughter of the windswept Cholistan desert, is the youngest of Rahim's four wives. Although her husband adores her, it is only in his rarely inhabited town house, away from the family home, that Shabanu and her daughter can escape the cruelty of the other wives. But there Shabanu falls dangerously in love with another man, and she must ...
Two friends, Buck and Tunes - Buck a white boy, Tunes, a black girl - have shared an idyllic childhood, playing among the creeks of Cheakespeake Bay. The two have been untroubled by their different backgrounds but soon discover the prejudices of the adult world when Tunes is implicated in murder.
Binding: Audiobook cassette
Publisher: Recorded Books
Date Published: 2000
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Tapes and case in very good condition, gently used. Ex-library set, withdrawn from collection. Unabridged, on six cassettes. Library stamps and stickers. read more
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