A Girl Named Disaster
Book - 1996 R Newbery Honor 1997, Y Fiction / Farmer, Nancy 2 On Shelf No requests on this item
Sign in to request
Locations
Call Number: R Newbery Honor 1997, Y Fiction / Farmer, Nancy
On Shelf At: Downtown Library
Location & Checkout Length | Call Number | Checkout Length | Item Status |
---|---|---|---|
Downtown Kids Reference 0-week checkout |
R Newbery Honor 1997 | 0-week checkout | Library Use Only |
Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout |
Y Fiction / Farmer, Nancy | 4-week checkout | On Shelf |
Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout |
Y Fiction / Farmer, Nancy | 4-week checkout | On Shelf |
While journeying to Zimbabwe, eleven-year-old Nhamo struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits.
COMMUNITY REVIEWS
great story with apparently good info re Africa submitted by hathaway1066 on August 2, 2013, 10:54pm The story is very engaging but along the way, readers will pick up a good, though introductory sense of some aspects of life, history, etc. in the southern part of Africa: presence of Portuguese in the region, difficulties due to wars for independence, difficulties faced by girls and women in traditional society, other aspects of traditional societies in that region as well.
SERIES
Newbery Honor book - 1997.
PUBLISHED
New York : Orchard Books, c1996.
Year Published: 1996
Description: 309 p., map ; 23 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
READING LEVEL
Lexile: 730
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0140386351 :
0531088898 :
0531095398 :
9780545356626
SUBJECTS
Supernatural -- Fiction.
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc. -- Fiction.
Adventure stories.
Zimbabwe -- Fiction.