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Summary: A must read
Review: Shabanu is a wonderful story, explain the hardships of a young indian girl.Shabanu is a 11 yr. old girl preparing for marrige, and learning how hard it is to have a family. At first Shabanu's life seems perfect until her sisters fiance is killed. Phulan (Shabanus' sister) now must marry Shabanu's fiance. Shabanu becomes sad and has to deal with maany of her problems. This is a must read book.
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Summary: One of the Elite Masterpieces of Literature for Teenagers
Review: This book, and it's sequel, Haveli, and incredable. Both Books mad me weep and laugh. I had to keep telling myself that it is just a book, and that the characters are not real, but it is so hard. I know these people becasue they are people to me, they're real, and they mean something to me. This book and the sequel inspire such emotions, feelings of compassion, joy, and grief, all magnificently woven together to form the beautiful tapestry of life. Possibly the real life of a real girl in Pakistan. My heart hungers for these books, as they are truly food for the soul.
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Summary: Inaproppriate For Middle Schoolers
Review: I think this book is inaproppriate for middle schoolers. It deals with violent men and shows bad stereotypes about Muslims. This book makes it look like all Muslims live in the desert, wear chadr's, and live in mud huts with tobas. This is certainly not true. I personally know a woman from Pakistan, and she said that these ideas expressed in the book are from a long time ago, it's not from a recent era.
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Summary: inappropriate
Review: this book is totally inappropriate for children under 14. under the guise of presenting a desert "culture", the author provides descriptions of sexual behavior and fantasies which embarrass children who have not reached their teens. scandalous, but true, some school teach this book in 6th grade.
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Summary: Daughter of the Wind
Review: For Shabanu, the strict code of conduct that the women in her religion are obligated to adhere to is a heinous desecration to her rights of life. Although she has more liberties than any other Muslim girl could conceive, her parents become wary before long and start to restrict her to more womanly duties. They restrain her in the most detestable ways; when she comes of age, she will have to stay in the house for nearly all of her life. That will keep Shabanu from the care of camels, her favorite way to separate herself from any turmoil around her. Her husband has already been determined, and the ceremonies will take place approximately one year from now. She is only eleven. Then devastating occurrences and an influential miser splinter Phulan's (Shabanu's sister) marriage arrangement. Shabanu finds herself in the position of sacrifice; she must give up all that she has and expected to have in order to save her family from an even worse destiny. Can she differ between what is right and wrong, and will she realize it soon enough? This novel starts like a car stuck in mud, but once the plot becomes climactic, it molds itself into an excellent story. I would not advise action-seeking readers to pick up this book, but if you wait out the storm (or lack of storm) you will be rewarded with a gripping resolution. Maybe not that good, but very well written anyway.
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Summary: FROM A STUDENT AND A READER
Review: Hi! I'm Katherine! I personally loved this book and I suggest that all teenage girls read it. It really makes you think about how lucky we are to live in a place without this kind of treatment towards women. I think that this book is wonderfully written and is a work of art! Haveli was just as good, and I can't wait for the sequel! Yours, Katherine
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Summary: Adventure, Struggles, and a Hero
Review: This book is no doubt worthy of the Newberry Honor award it got. When I began reading it was not sure how I would enjoy this story, but the more I started reading it the more it caught my attention and I could not put it down. Shabanu is a true hero in this story, and when you read the struggles and obstacles she must overcome you feel as you are there with her.Many times I wanted to scream for what she had to go through.Many points in the story you feel her pain, frustration, and anger.When the story finally ended I was a bit upset because I wanted to know more about what happened. I highly recommend you go and read this book because I can guarantee once you have read it you will know exactly what I am talking about.
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Summary: What a beautiful book!!
Review: This book shows the hardships, struggles, but most of all the triumphs of the people of the Cholistan desert. Shabanu is a girl that your heart will ache and sing for. Haveli is a perfect followup, so on a rainy day, get them both and sit down for the best read of your life!!
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Summary: One good book
Review: This is one of those great books that is foolishly prejudged as 'Children's' or 'Young Adult'. This book revolves around an eleven year old Pakistani gypsy who lives in the harsh Cholistan desert, and the struggling life she and her family are bound to. Shabanu, her name meaning, Daughter of the Wind, is just like any normal girl. She dreams of marraige, like to play with animals, and likes to have fun. This book is rich, vivid, with characters and places that are like a dream-world. When Ms. Staples wrote this book, she wrote her dreams and revelations, I'm sure. This book is about a young girl, but I think adult readers might actually get more out of the book than children. Most 9yr olds aren't going to understand the sex-inequality issues in the Near East or the struggles between the Cholistani sub-race and the larger Arab-Pakistanti majority. Bottom line, this was a good book, and I hope Ms. Staples writes a third book in this series.
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Summary: better than thought
Review: this book is a whole lot better than it kinda looks. i had to read it for school in 6th grade. if you enjoy this book youl absolutly love "haveli"!
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