Book
Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind
by Suzanne Fisher Staples
- Published
- 1989
- Genre
- Fiction
- Words
- 57029
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 5.9
- AR interest level
- UG — upper grades, 9–12
- Lexile
- 970L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 14–18
Shabanu, the younger daughter of a nomadic camel-herding family in Pakistan's Cholistan Desert, faces a future shaped by drought, family obligation, marriage arrangements, and her fierce desire for independence.
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780679810308
Tags
Award Winners-ALA Best Book for Young AdultsAward Winners-Newbery HonorFamily Life-Marriage & Domestic PartnershipFamily Life-Misc./OtherPakistanRecommended Reading-California Recommended Lit., English, 6-8Recommended Reading-IRA Teachers Choices/ILA Teachers Choice