Beneath my mother's feet / Amjed Qamar.
When her father is injured, fourteen-year-old Nazia is pulled away from school, her friends, and her preparations for an arranged marriage, to help her mother clean houses in a wealthy part of Karachi, Pakistan, where she finally rebels against the destiny that is planned for her.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781416947288
- ISBN: 1416947280
- ISBN: 9781442414518
- ISBN: 1442414510
- Physical Description: 198 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: 1st edition.
- Publisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2008.
Content descriptions
- Target Audience Note:
- 770 Lexile.Ages 12 up.770L Lexile
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG+ 4.9 8.Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 4.9 8 122750.
- Awards Note:
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2009.A Junior Library Guild selection
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- Subject:
- Families > Pakistan > Fiction.
Household employees > Fiction.
Self-actualization (Psychology) > Fiction.
Sex role > Fiction.
Poverty > Fiction.
Teenage girls > Fiction.
Wounds and injuries > Fiction.
Fate and fatalism > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Life change events > Fiction.
Gender roles.
Pakistan > Fiction. - Genre:
- Domestic fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Available copies
- 77 of 80 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 80 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars Hill Library | YA FIC QAM (Text) | 30229101083078 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
