An edition of A girl named Disaster (1996)

A Girl Named Disaster (Orchard Classics)

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An edition of A girl named Disaster (1996)

A Girl Named Disaster (Orchard Classics)

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While 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.

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Orchard
Language
English
Pages
320

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Subjects

Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Supernatural, Survival, Shona (African people), Shona (African people) -- Juvenile fiction, Shona (African people) -- Fiction, Survival -- Fiction, Supernatural -- Fiction, Mozambique -- Fiction, Zimbabwe -- Fiction, Africa -- Fiction, Social life and customs, Adventure and adventurers, Adventure stories, Wilderness survival, Adventure fiction, 1000blackgirlbooks, Newbery Honor, Paranormal fiction, Children's fiction, Zimbabwe, fiction, Supernatural, fiction, award:Newbery_award

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Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Africa
Edition Availability
Cover of: A girl named Disaster
A girl named Disaster
2005, Thorndike Press
in English - Large print ed.
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Cover of: A Girl Named Disaster (Orchard Classics)
A Girl Named Disaster (Orchard Classics)
October 1, 2003, Orchard
in English
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Cover of: Girl Named Disaster
Girl Named Disaster
April 1, 2001, Penguin Putnam~trade
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Cover of: A girl named Disaster
A girl named Disaster
1998, Puffin Books
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: A girl named disaster
A girl named disaster
1998, Puffin Books
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: A girl named Disaster
A girl named Disaster
1996, Orchard Books
in English
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First Sentence

"Crouched on a branch of a mukuyu tree, a girl tore open a speckled fruit."

Classifications

Library of Congress
PZ7.F23814 Gi 2003

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7513322M
ISBN 10
0439471443
ISBN 13
9780439471442
LCCN
2003276430
Library Thing
1920246
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133775

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Crouched on a branch of a mukuyu tree,a girl tore open a speckled fruit.
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