Haveli by Suzanne Fisher Staples

336 pages first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction historical young adult emotional reflective slow-paced

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The world of Newbery Honor book "Shabanu" is vividly re-created in this novel of a young Pakistani woman's heartbreaking struggle against the tyranny of custom and ancient law. Shabanu, now a mother at 18, faces daily challenges to her position in...

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