Staples, Suzanne Fisher.

Shabanu : daughter of the wind / by Suzanne Fisher Staples. - New York : Dell Laurel-Leaf, 2003. - 240 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

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.

ISBN: 0440238560

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Muslim girls--Fiction.
Arranged marriage--Fiction.
global literature
Cholistan Desert (Pakistan)--Fiction.
Sex role--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Pakistan--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Children's literature.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.S79346 / Sh 1989 PZ 7 .S794 / S73 2003