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Homeless Bird

Author: Gloria Whelan
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ISBN: 9780439296915
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This National Book Award-winning novel chronicles the story of a young Indian woman who dares to defy fate when she is forced into an arranged marriage.

Language: un
Pages: 216

Homeless Bird

Authors: Gloria Whelan

Categories: Arranged marriage

Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher:

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This National Book Award-winning novel chronicles the story of a young Indian woman who dares to defy fate when she is forced into an arranged marriage.

Language: en
Pages: 167

Homeless Bird

Authors: Gloria Whelan, Various

Categories: Arranged marriage

Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Frances Lincoln

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Koly's parents have arranged a marriage for their only daughter and now, like many girls her age in India, she will leave her home forever. She longs to run away, but she knows that she cannot go against tradition. On her wedding day, Koly's fate is sealed. Caught up in

Language: en
Pages: 192

Homeless Bird

Authors: Gloria Whelan

Categories: Juvenile Fiction

Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-10-06 - Publisher: Harper Collins

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The National Book Award-winning novel about one remarkable young woman who dares to defy fate, perfect for readers who enjoyed A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park or Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai. This middle grade novel is an excellent choice for tween readers in

Language: en
Pages: 239

Building Character Through Multicultural Literature

Authors: Rosann Jweid, Margaret Rizzo

Categories: Education

Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: Scarecrow Press

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A comprehensive reference to 50 titles that will help children cultivate ethics, assume personal responsibility, and practice moral judgment in unfamiliar cultural contexts.

Language: en
Pages: 216

Homeless Bird

Authors: Gloria Whelan

Categories: Arranged marriage

Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

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When thirteen-year-old Koly enters into an ill-fated arranged marriage, she must either suffer a destiny dictated by India's tradition or find the courage to oppose it.

Language: en
Pages: 304

Angel on the Square

Authors: Gloria Whelan

Categories: Juvenile Fiction

Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-10-06 - Publisher: Harper Collins

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From the author of the National Book Award-winning novel Homeless Bird comes “an absorbing saga”* about a young heroine coming of age in the tumultuous years leading up to the Russian revolution. Gripping, accessible historical fiction that's perfect for schools and classrooms, as well as for fans of Ruta Sepetys

Language: en
Pages: 208

Listening for Lions

Authors: Gloria Whelan

Categories: Juvenile Fiction

Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-10-06 - Publisher: Harper Collins

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A critically acclaimed historical novel “that roars” (Kliatt), from the author of the National Book Award-winning novel Homeless Bird. Africa is the only home Rachel Sheridan has ever known. But when her missionary parents are struck with influenza, she is left vulnerable to her family’s malicious neighbors. Surrounded by greed

Language: en
Pages: 259

Thematic Guide to Young Adult Literature

Authors: Alice Trupe

Categories: Literary Criticism

Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group

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Books about Thematic Guide to Young Adult Literature

Language: en
Pages: 240

Chu Ju's House

Authors: Gloria Whelan

Categories: Juvenile Fiction

Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-10-06 - Publisher: Harper Collins

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One girl too many . . . When a girl is born to Chu Ju's family, it is quickly determined that the baby must be sent away. After all, the law states that a family may have only two children, and tradition dictates that every family should have a boy.

Language: en
Pages: 448

A Field Guide to the Classroom Library

Authors: Lucy McCormick Calkins, Teachers College Reading and Writing Project (Columbia University)

Categories: Education

Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Heinemann

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Noted teacher/author Lucy Calkins and a team from The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Community have created the most comprehensive and accessible leveled lists and guides for nearly 1,200 children's trade books.