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.
year: 1989, 1997, 2003, 1991, 1994, 2012
call number/section: 1000
subjects: sex role, fiction, cholistan desert (pakistan), fiction, pakistan, readers rule, beyond our borders, extreme read-different worlds, newbery, girls, pakistan, arranged marriage, coming of age, audiobooks, sex role, juvenile fiction, juvenile fiction
Editions
Staples, Suzanne Fisher
Distributed by Random House (1989)
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.
Schools: 24
Staples, Suzanne Fisher
Distributed by Random House (1997)
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.
Schools: 6
Staples, Suzanne Fisher
Dell Laurel-Leaf (2003)
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, and must either accept the decision, as is the custom, or risk the consequences of defying her father's wishes.
Schools: 7
Staples, Suzanne Fisher
Knopf (1991)
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.
Schools: 1
Staples, Suzanne Fisher
Recorded Books (1994)
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.
Schools: 0
Staples, Suzanne Fisher
Ember (2012)
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, and must either accept the decision, as is the custom, or risk the consequences of defying her father's wishes.
Schools: 1
Staples
Schools: 0
Staples
Schools: 1