Homeless Bird Paperback - 2001
by Gloria Whelan
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
This National Book Award-winning novel chronicles the story of a young Indian woman who dares to defy fate when she is forced into an arranged marriage.
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Details
- Title Homeless Bird
- Author Gloria Whelan
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: First
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harpercollins, New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date 2001-08
- Bookseller's Inventory # 220
- ISBN 9780064408196 / 0064408191
- Weight 0.29 lbs (0.13 kg)
- Dimensions 7.83 x 4.92 x 0.43 in (19.89 x 12.50 x 1.09 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 800
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Themes
- Character Trait: Courage
- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Cultural Region: Indian
- Topical: Self-Esteem
- Library of Congress subjects India, Courage
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99033241
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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From the rear cover
Gloria Whelan's National Book Award-winning novel, chronicles the breathtaking story of a remarkable young woman who dares to defy fate.
Like many girls her age in India, thirteen-year-old Koly faces her arranged marriage with hope and courage. But Koly's story takes a terrible turn when in the wake of the ceremony, she discovers she's been horribly misled; her life has been sold for a dowry. In prose both graceful and unflinching, this powerful novel relays the story of a rare young woman, who even when cast out into a brutal current of time-worn tradition, sets out to forge her own remarkable future.Inspired by a newspaper article about the real thirteen-year-old widows in India today, this universally acclaimed best-selling novel, characterized by spare, lyrical language and remarkable detail, transports readers into the heart of a gripping tale of hope.
Ages 10+
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Citations
- Kliatt, 01/01/2002, Page 14
