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.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library. (Show)
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 | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | YA FIC Qamar (Text) | 31010000604928 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Alleghany Public Library | YA QAMAR (Text) | 30664100275830 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| BHM Headquarters Library | YA FIC (Text) | 38344101390340 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Badin Branch Library | YA FIC Qamar (Text) | 31012000090843 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Barco Library | J F QAM (Text) | 39488200825448 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | YA F QAM (Text) | 34208202589759 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Berea Library | YA FIC QAMAR (Text) | 42756201543979 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bethlehem Branch | YA F Qamar (Text) | 34269000931379 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Boone Trail Headquarters | YA PBK F Qam (Text) | 33630004980285 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
