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LEADER: 01181nam a22003135a 4500
001 2003276430
003 DLC
005 20090501161955.0
008 030827s2003 nyub c 000 1 eng
010 $a 2003276430
020 $a0531095398 (hdbk.)
020 $a0439471443 (paper over board)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aPZ7.F23814$bGi 2003
082 04 $a[Fic]$220
100 1 $aFarmer, Nancy,$d1941-
245 12 $aA girl named Disaster /$cNancy Farmer.
260 $aNew York :$bOrchard Books,$cc2003.
300 $a309 p. :$bmaps ;$c24 cm.
500 $a"A 1997 Newbery honor book"--Cover.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 307-309).
520 $aWhile 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.
650 0 $aShona (African people)$vJuvenile fiction.
650 1 $aShona (African people)$xFiction.
650 1 $aSurvival$xFiction.
650 1 $aSupernatural$xFiction.
651 1 $aMozambique$xFiction.
651 1 $aZimbabwe$xFiction.
651 1 $aAfrica$xFiction.