A Girl Named Disaster (Orchard Classics)

Type

Book

Authors

Farmer ( Nancy Farmer )

ISBN 10

0439542510

ISBN 13

9780439542517

Tags

Literature & Fiction, Action & Adventure, Classics

Description

Orchard Classics is a collectible hardcover line of award-winning titles from the Orchard backlist with fresh, beautiful new designs and new author prefaces and discussion guides.A GIRL NAMED DISASTER is the humorous and heart-wrenching story of young girl who discovers her own courage and strength when she makes the dangerous journey from Mozambique to Zimbabwe. Nhamo is a Shona girl living in a traditional village in Mozambique in 1981. When her family tries to force her into a marriage with a cruel man, she flees. What was supposed to have been a short boat trip across the border into Zimbabwe, where she hoped to find her father, turns into an adventure filled with challenges and danger that spans a year. - from Amzon

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