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Daughter of the Mountains
Daughter of the Mountains
Author: Louise Rankin
Momo has always wanted a Lhasa terrier--a dog like the ones the Tibetan Buddhist priests hold sacred in their temples. When a trader brings Pempa to her parents' teahouse, Momo's dream comes true. Then a band of robbers steals the valuable dog, and to recover him, Momo must make a dangerous journey she may not survive. A Newberry Honor Book. Ill...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780590460422
ISBN-10: 0590460420
Publication Date: 1993
Pages: 191
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Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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Helpful Score: 1
Momo undertakes a dangerous journey from the mountains of Tibet to the city of Calcutta, in search of her stolen dog Pempa.
This book is very descriptive and wonderfully "geographic".
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A good story about a young girl looking for her dog traveling alone from Tibet to Calcutta, India. We used it with Sonlight core 5.
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I liked the book, but it is lacking in showing the relationship between Momo and Pempa before Pempa is stolen. Other than that, it was a good and very descriptive book.

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