A Girl Named Disaster

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Summary: Interesting at the beginning.....
Review: This book was very interesting at the beginning but at the end of the book it slowed down alot.

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Summary: This is a great book! My favorite one!
Review: This book is about a young women Nhamo. Her mother was killed by a leopord when she is little and her dad is gone.Instead of being forced to marry a cruel man with many other wives,her grandmother told her to steal a boat and find her father.Now is the hard part.She must survive and find her way through Africa,then find her family.

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Summary: It's one of the BEST books in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: Her mother is dead, and her father is gone. Nhamo il living with her granmother and aunts. She is used as a slave by her aunts whle they do the easy work. She is accused of being a witch so Granmother orders her to flee to Zimbabwe where her father lives. Her father killed a man when he was drunk so he ran awayto Zimbabwe. So now Nhamo is on a survival voyage is Crocodile Gut's Boat. She teaches herself to swim, and learns more about the spirits. Since I only read up to this point, I think that this book is the gratese os far. I like how its witten and it's interesting. I would recoment the book to everyone.

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Summary: This reveiw is on a girl named disaster
Review: This book is about a twelve year old girl who has lost her mother to a lepord, and a father who ran away from home because he murdered a man. Anyway Nhamo is left with nothing in a village to basikly fend for herself. Then suddenly a great illness starts to kill off people in her village and is forced to run away in a bout that she has stolen to find her father.

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Summary: Wonderful!
Review: This book is perfect for anyone who likes to fantasize. About a girl who runs away to avoid an evil marrage, this book shows true adventure, as well as superstition come to life. I would reccomend this book for anyone who has an imagination.

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Summary: Wonderful Childrens surviver story!
Review: I loved this Book! Its very captivating. Its a great childrens surviver story! I would reccomend this book to every body!!

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Summary: Nhamo, an African girl tries to find the meaning of life
Review: Nhamo, an eleven year old girl is curious and has an active imagination. Living in the late 1800's is not always easy. A normal day would be having to do laundry, cook, clean, and chop wood all day for Nhamo. Aunt Chipo surprises her and tells her she has to marry Zororo Mkote and live with his three other wives. Her Ambuya(her grandmother) tells her to runaway and take Croccdile Gut's boat because it's nice and sturdy. Being on her own for more than three months, Nhamo faces losing the spirit of her mother during a tragic baboon accident. She is forced to face the dangerous animals and spirits of the Mozawique jungle. When Nhamo jumps over a fence to her final destination, she is knocked unconscious and is brought to a nearby clinic. Nhamo thanks the doctors but knows she must be on her way. She is soon to reach Zimbabwe but there is yet another journey ahead of her. I thought this was an exceptional book. When I was reading this book I sometimes felt like I was actually in Africa. The setting seemed so real as were the characters. Even though the story sometimes seemed to get a little off track and confusing, it was still good reading.

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Summary: This is a very unique and interesting book.
Review: The novel, A Girl Named Disaster is an exciting story which tells of Nhamo, an unfortunate girl of Zimbabwe. With her mother dead and her father gone, Nhamo is forced to run away to the city when she is told she must marry a cruel man with three wives before her twelfth birthday. On this long, hard trip on a stolen boat, Nhamo goes down a river and is swept into an uncharted lake alone with only the spirit of her dead mother for company. If you enjoy different cultures and unique adventures, you'd love A Girl Named Disaster.

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Summary: I know EVERYONE should read this book.
Review: This book was written well. I like learning new words, especially other languages. It was also very exciting and almost always had me on the edge of my seat. I hope Nancy Farmer makes a series of this book so we can know what happened next.

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Summary: This book is about a girl's heroic fight for survival
Review: I couldn't put this down. The girl called Disaster (Nhamo) loses her parents, is accused of witchcraft, and is threatened with marriage to an old man. She flees through the wilderness where she is exposed to many dangers, but she learns to draw on her own resources and comes out stronger. The book vividly describes the African background; at the same time it presents Nhamo as someone whose inner experiences could be our own. In spite of its serious theme, the book is lively and sometimes very funny. The ending overwhelmed me with its emotional power.