Homeless Bird

English

ISBN: 0064408191

EAN: 9780064408196

Category: Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / Asia/Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Emotions & Feelings/Juvenile Fiction / Family / Marriage & Divorce/Juvenile Fiction / General/

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Release Date: 09/30/2001

Age Range: 10-UP

Synopsis: National Book Award Winner. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. Like many girls her age in India, thirteen-year-old Koly is getting married. When she discovers that the husband her parents have chosen for her is a sickly boy with wicked parents, Koly wishes that she could flee. But on her wedding day, her fate is sealed. Then Kolys life takes an unexpected turn. Finding herself in a city of widows begging for food, this rare you woman sets out to forge her own future.

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Homeless Bird

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.5 inches

Width: 5.13 inches

Length: 7.62 inches

Weight: 4.66 oz

Pages: 192