Suzanne Fisher Staples
Author
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
During the 2001 Afghan War, the lives of Najmal, a young refugee from Kunduz, Afghanistan, and Nusrat, an American-Muslim teacher who is awaiting her huband's return from Mazar-i-Sharif, intersect at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When eleven-year old Shabanu, the daughter of a nomad in the Cholistan Desert of present-day Pakistan, is pledged in marriage to an older man whose money will bring prestige to the family, she must either accept the decision, as is the custom, or risk the consequences of defying her father's wishes.
4) Shiva's fire
Author
Pub. Date
1999.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In India, a talented dancer sacrifices friends and family for her art.
6) Haveli
Author
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
Having relented to the ways of her people in Pakistan and married the rich older man to whom she was pledged against her will, Shabanu is now the victim of his family's blood feud and the malice of his other wives. Sequel to "Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind."
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