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A Girl Named Disaster
A Girl Named Disaster
Author: Nancy Farmer
Nhamo's mother is dead, and her father is gone. She is a virtual slave in her small African village. Before her twelfth birthday, Nhamo learns that she must marry a cruel man with three other wives--and decides desperately to run away. Alone on the river, in a stolen boat, she is swept into the uncharted heart of a great lake. There, she battles...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780140386356
ISBN-10: 0140386351
Publication Date: 3/1/1998
Pages: 309
Reading Level: Young Adult
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 30 ratings
Publisher: Puffin Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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Wonderful young adult book about a young African girl who runs away from her village and all she knows and loves to find her father's family. The unimaginable challenges she meets and overcomes along the way reveal her true spirit and inner strength. A 1997 Newberry Honor book that will capture the imagination and hold the interest of any pre-teen or teenager who craves a book with well-developed characters and supremely engrossing plot.
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reviewed A Girl Named Disaster on + 17 more book reviews
Nhamo, the protagonist, is not heroic but tender and courageous (if for no other reason than by necessity.) I couldn't help but be touched by her impossible plight.


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