A Girl Named Disaster

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Summary: Wonderful, exciting book!!!!!
Review: This is one of the best books I've ever read! Nancy Farmer is an excellent author and I want to read more of her books. She made Nhamo, a girl who gets lost in the wilderness seem real. It's great!!!!!!!!!!

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Summary: A really great book
Review: A Girl Named Disaster is a really great book. It tells of a girl's journey, not only through Africa, but through life as well. It tells of life in a village in Mozambique, how some animals lived, and a little bit of life in Zimbabwe. I loved the stories that were told and the facts and words I learned while reading this book. The details really helped me to picture the events going on and the plot was interesting. Maybe at times it got a little bit too detailed, but I still like the book. If you like adventure stories and learning about history and beliefs of other cultures, then this is a terrific book for you to read.

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Summary: The Truth Of Disaster When It Strikes
Review: A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer is a mysterious tale about a girl's quest and the life she does not know. This book travels through her life without knowing how old she is, how she really came and why most people in her village rival her. The book was appealing and kept me going although some parts were dull and about history, which I do not find to be one of the its strongest points. A Girl Named Disaster is a wonderful book with mind thrilling adventures. She learns how to deal with life and it shows she can be strong even if people boss her around. She never looks down and she always believes in herself. During a very tough part of her adventure, the wind steals her picture (or an imagination picture of her mother from a magazine) and only memory of her mother so she will not be able to confess he conflicts to her anymore on their daily rendezvous. She is already all alone and now she must find how to make friends and peace with the animals around her. The book is thorough and explains everything even though some parts of the explanation were unhelpful and off the subject and other parts were so engrossing that it became confusing and seemed like a trick of the eye. Some information, or an important part, is crammed into twenty pages and it makes one want to go on to find another mind-gripping part that is not there. I suggest this book to you because it is very enjoyable and when one might want to take a break this is an excellent book to relax your mind with. You might not like A Girl Named Disaster because it is a short story over a significant amount of pages. Normally if one might want a long book with a story filled all the way to the top with information then this is not your book! If you wants a long adventure with a mysterious presence and many morals and one story line then this is definitely the book for you.

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Summary: The Non-Disastrous Girl Named Disaster
Review: The book A Girl Named Disaster,'by Nancy Farmer, tells of the sometimes exciting life of Nhamo, a girl from Zimbabwe and gives interesting insight on African culture. She travels the areas of Zimbabwe and Mozambique on the River Muzengi in a fascinating way. In the book, Nhamo lives in a primitive African village in Zimbabwe with her aunt and uncle and their family, including her grandmother. With her mother dead and her father presumed missing she is ordered around like a servant while her cousin lies in the sun. When her village is struck by malaria, they go to the Wiseman to find out the cause and find out that her father murdered a man who haunts her. To appease the spirit she must marry a cruel man with three wives, but she rebels and runs away on a boat down the river to abandon all she knows. I recommend this book because of the excitement and mystery that surrounds Nhamo's life. Nhamo's life is shrouded with mystery since she knows nothing about her family. That mystery lends excitement to the story and makes a good cliffhanger. Where is her father? Why has he never contacted her? What is the mysterious being which seems to follow her wherever she goes? All these mysteries and more are solved in the story. Another excellent part of the book is the insight into the life of the African Tribes. One will discover the barbarism of the tribes in the anxiousness to save themselves and also a bit of their culture and how they are treated. This is amazingly clear and easily read for the open-minded. People might not recommend the book because of it's slow moving plot. Though it does move slowly the plot actually pulls you in. Also, even though it is slow to start up it blossoms after the first hundred pages. Therefore, that reason is not enough to stop you from reading this Newberry Nominated Book. So, if you want to read of another culture, while experiencing an adventure talk my advice and read the non-disastrous book, A Girl named Disaster.

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Summary: great!
Review: This is one of the best books I've ever read! It was an interesting and fun adventure...definitely a book I'd read again and again.

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Summary: Oh gross...
Review: I read this book as a requirement for an English class last year, and I thought (along with a great majority of my class) that this book was sick and totally dumb. Mrs. Farmer added some totally unnessesary... ehem... "mature" elements here and there to spoil an otherwise OK book. The plot was interesting, but there is way too many details and people in the storyline that the basic story is lost in the confusion. The other reviewers may love this book... but really, it's not good at all. Take my advice: Keep your credit card in your wallet and your money in your piggy bank... unless you favor disappointing books.

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Summary: Good book
Review: A GIRL NAMED DISASTER is a pretty good book. I would certainly recommend it to fellow young adults. The story about an oprhaned young girl in Mozambique is really interesting. Her lifestyle is almost Stone Age, but she lives in a modern world like the rest of us. The author was pretty good about the accuracy of the tribes and lifestyle in southern Africa, and she wrote a pretty entertaining story.

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Summary: Armchair Traveler
Review: If you would like to visit Africa and be part of a real African village you should read A Girl Named Disaster.This book is filled with excitement and adventure but without realizing it you learn so much about a way of life that you could never understand any other way. The main character is a strong independent girl who thinks and decides for herself even though she is taught not to by her people. She asks good questions and tries to discover the answers. Great girl! Great book! If you liked going to Africa in this book I think you would also like to visit India in The Iron Ring by L.Alexander!

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Summary: What a great book!
Review: This masterpiece was recommended to me by a librarian, and, let me tell ya, it was like my hands had been stuck to it with silly putty. Best book I ever read. I learned all kinds of stuff about Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and African culture, plus the Shona people. I strongly suggest that folks who are hungry for knowledge take a peek into the pages of "A Girl Named Disaster."

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Summary: DON1T WASTE YOUR TIME ON THIS BOOK
Review: I disagree with the authors opinion on trying to teach us native language because it made it hard to read and very confusing.First of all, through out the book Nahomo's grandma had three names in the African language, which made it very difficult to understand. Second of all, there were some words which weren't in the book1s translator so I had to find a dictionary to look them up. Which was quite a hassle. Third of all, she (the author) made her sentence1s very confusing. If you had to read it for a book report, or just for fun, you are wasting your time.