Book
Beneath My Mother's Feet
by Amjed Qamar
- Published
- 2008
- Genre
- Fiction
- Publisher
- Atheneum
- Pages
- 198
- Words
- 50868
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3124412-beneath-my-mother-s-feet?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_24
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 4.9
- AR interest level
- MG+ — upper middle grades, 6–8
- Lexile
- 770L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 11–14
Nazia doesn't mind when her friends tease and call her a good beti, a dutiful daughter. Growing up in a working-class family in Karachi, Pakistan, Nazia knows that obedience is the least she can give to her mother, who has spent years saving and preparing for her dowry. But every daughter must grow up, and for fourteen-year-old Nazia that day arrives suddenly when her father gets into an accident at work, and her family finds themselves without money for rent or food.
Collections
The Good & The Beautiful · 10
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9781416947288
- ISBN-10
- 1416947280
Tags
EducationFamily LifeFamily Life-IllnessPakistanRealistic FictionThe Good & The BeautifulWorkYoung Adult