Shabanu : Daughter of the Wind

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Summary: Good, interesting
Review: I am 11 years old and my uncle gave me ths book for my birthday. I am from Pakistan, so that is why the book interested me. I also spoked the language that Shabanu speaked, and I noticed that some things about the language was wrong. For instance, for the word DAD, the author used Dadi, and that means grandmother on the father's side. Also, it said that choti meant monkey, when it really means small, and that bundr means small, when it really means monkey. Please correct these words in the following editions if possible. I think that it is really nice that an somebody finally wrote about Pakistanand it's interesting culture.

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Summary: I loved it!
Review: Anyone who does not love this book instantly is probably not looking hard enough into the core. This is not a book where you can skim it and feel that you have read it. This beautiful story of a Muslim girl totally envelopes you. This is absolutely marvelous. I hope I come across this book latter in life as well as now.

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Summary: Almost as good as the sequel, and not just for YAs.
Review: I think this is a wonderful book, but I am afraid that the Young Adult designation may have narrowed its audience. I thoroughly enjoyed it, but the sequel, Haveli, is even better. I enjoy reading books that allow me to, in a sense, visit other cultures, and Ms. Staples painted such rich images of life in Cholistan that I almost felt as if I were there. The young heroine and her complex and interesting relationships with other people, and animals and the land itself were facsinating.

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Summary: A story about young lady who survives many hardships
Review: Shabanu was very brave. Her courage inspired me. She saved her sister, helps her dad everyday dangerously and moves from her home. She was terrific in this book. I reccomend this book to anyone who likes adventure.

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Summary: My God, what an incredibly insipid and uninteresting book.
Review: I am willing to bet anything that not one person who has previously posted here has read this book voluntarily. In fact, I'd wager that 99.9% of the people who have read this book at all have done it as part of some kind of Middle Eastern History unit in 7th grade. This is a freaking textbook, what the heck is it doing masquerading as literature? Whoever wrote it is obviously an anthropologist, a historian maybe, not any kind of writer. Since I, personally, find Middle Eastern culture one of the least interesting ones of all, was it any surprise that I wasn't exactly enthralled by the, ahem, "chilling cliffhangers" (Will Shabanu get to find her camel?) found throughout this unexciting novella?

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Summary: Staples' book is great but, is an cultural experience.
Review: I read the reviews of this book and i understand all your opnions but you must understand the difference between our two cultures. That is how they lived this present day so just coped with it. For the people who thought the ending was dumb Staples did write a second book that talks about the life with her husband. Read it.

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Summary: An unforgetable image of life instored in my heart for ever
Review: This picture of life is vivid yet unreal. Thriew the book Shabanu gives you a point of view of life that I never experienced before. Suzanne Fisher Staples aloud me to see the world differently. This saga of a Cholistan girl striked me because, even with the harshness of her life, she is truley happey in the desert with her camels. It is so unfair to seperate her from her beloved desert. I felt her exsasperation and wanted to help her in her situation that was forced upon her by her society. When one reads this book, one can realy sence the before Shabanu and after Shabanu. I highly recomend this book that fully deserved the Newbery Honor Book Prize.

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Summary: Emotionally dramatic and rich character development.
Review: I thought the book needed more action but the author did an excellent job of bringing out the character's personalities. It was interesting to learn about the customs of the Pakistanis in modern times. It was boring at some parts but had some good parts. I thought the ending was creative but I hated it.

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Summary: The book was very informative but boring.
Review: Shabanu was a well written book by Suzanne Fisher Staples but it gave more information on the country rather than the story itself. It was very informative but it lacked the excitement that is appealing to young adults. It had one or two exciting chapters but they were all in seperate sections of the book. It gives you a understanding of what life is like as a desert nomad. We think that the book would have been more appealing if it was exciting and more of a story.

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Summary: Shabanu, a well written, high spirited, cultural story.
Review: Shabanu is a young Pakistani girl. She is independent, free spirited, and couragous. As she and her family grow older, they go through many good experiances, as well as the bad experiances. Suzanne Fisher Staples is well with words, she gives the reader similies and metaphores to help you see the picture she's trying to illustrate.The reader learns more about Pakistan and their laws and beliefs. We encourage people to read the story of Shabanu and unlock the secrets of her heart.