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Nancy Farmer - A Girl Named Disaster

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Prior to her twelfth birthday, Nhamo, a young orphan, is told she must marry a cruel man in the village and, desperate to escape, runs away in a stolen boat, in which she must struggle to survive the harsh elements of the great lake. Reprint. Newbery Honor Book.

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Authors	Nancy Farmer
Fiction Genre	Juvenile Fiction
Fiction Subgenre	• •
Awards	1997 Newbery Medal

Professional Reviews

Professional Reviews

<b><i>Five Owls</i>:</b> "...Farmer does an excellent job of showing how belief in the spirit world permeates Nhamo's existence. Her writing offers outsiders a window onto a complex culture, nestled within a wider, complex society."

Book Editions

Book Editions

HardcoverIllustrated309October 01, 1996Orchard Books9.5"(h) x 6.5"(w) x 1"(d), 1.25 lbs.9780531095393

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Crouched on a branch of a mukuya tree, a girl tore open a speckled fruit. She grimaced as ants scurried over her fingers. So many! And the inside was full of worms, too.

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