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| Genre/Form: | Juvenile fiction Fiction |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Staples, Suzanne Fisher. Shabanu. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, c1989 (OCoLC)629751481 |
| Material Type: | Fiction, Juvenile audience |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Suzanne Fisher Staples |
| ISBN: | 0394848152 9780394848150 0394948157 9780394948157 |
| OCLC Number: | 19520051 |
| Notes: | Sequel: Haveli. |
| Awards: | Newbery Honor Book, 1990. |
| Description: | 240 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Responsibility: | by Suzanne Fisher Staples. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
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.
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