187 pages
English language
Published Dec. 29, 2001 by Glencoe/McGraw-Hill.
Shabanu
daughter of the wind, with related readings Glencoe literature library
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.
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.
Subjects
- Girls
- Juvenile fiction
- Nomads
- Social life and customs
- Sex role
- Civilization
Places
- Pakistan
- Cholistan Desert