Homeless Bird

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Summary: Shawn-lyn's extra credit review
Review: Gloria Whelan did a wonderful job writing this book! A 13 year old girl named Koly is rearanged to marry someone she doesnt even know! Her sass ( mother ) thinks she should go along with the marriage because the family has money. Koly's husband was sick and he dies so her mother by merriage sends her to a vilige and leaves her there. Koly has to fend for herself so she works at a embordery shop. Then she meets a friend who at the end of the book asks her to marry him! This book is the best book I have read and would like to share what it has to offer to a hungery reader. Believe me when you pick up this book you will not be able to put it down!!

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Summary: Anyone interested in customs of India? This is a "must read"
Review: Having recently seen the popular movie, Bend It Like Beckham, my interest in the wedding ceremonies in India has increased. The book, Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan, is a great accompaniment to find more information. This book is beautifully written with a touch of Hindu history and language but not so much that it overwhelms the reader. Whelan even gives a Hindu glossary in the back of the book so that the reader can understand the unique language.

The main character, Koly, grows up in a wonderful home with loving parents. In the tradition of the culture, Koly is given away in marriage with a dowry. Little did she know that her future husband is very sick and the only reason she is chosen is for her dowry. When her husband dies, she must learn to live with a horrible mother-in-law and sick father-in-law. Her life depends on escaping the tyrannical household. The only hope she has is to sell her mother's silver earrings but even that plan falls short. The book captures her life after her husband dies and her long search for happiness.

The book falls right in line with the theme of "Living in Fear/Finding Hope." Koly finds herself alone at one point in the book and is very fearful of what is to come. She has to find shelter and food in a strange city. She is used to the country life and, in the city, she encounters many things that scare her. Through a chance meeting of a rickshaw worker and a rich lady, she finds the hope and happiness she has always wanted.


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Summary: Homerun for Homeless Bird
Review: Homeless Bird is about a thirteen year old, Indian girl named Koly, who experiences many terrifying situations. She is first forced to leave the only home she has ever known and marry a complete stranger. That is just the beginning. Koly later finds out that her new spouse is dying and the family married him off only to receive a dowry. As soon as her husband dies, Koly is left as an undesirable widow, with a bitter mother-in-law, Sass. Koly is terribly sad and is sick of being bossed around by Sass. She knows that if she returns to her parents' home, it will bring shame to her family. Stuck in a household of hate, Koly realizes that she will die miserable and unwanted. After years of loneliness and terror, she is abandoned by Sass in Vrindavan, a holy city. Koly finds that even though she is left in a strange city, it is the best thing that has ever happened to her. She soon finds happiness. I guess you'll have to read the book to find out what takes her from misery to joy. The author creates a vivid image of the perils and successes of her protagonist, allowing you to cry and laugh with this young, heroic character. The book is hard to put down once you are captured by the stories intensity. Anyone who enjoys stories where courage, hope and perseverance lead to a happy ending will absolutely enjoy this book and love getting to know Koly.

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Summary: Homerun for Homeless Bird
Review: Homeless Bird is about a thirteen year old, Indian girl named Koly, who experiences many terrifying situations. She is first forced to leave the only home she has ever known and marry a complete stranger. That is just the beginning. Koly later finds out that her new spouse is dying and the family married him off only to receive a dowry. As soon as her husband dies, Koly is left as an undesirable widow, with a bitter mother-in-law, Sass. Koly is terribly sad and is sick of being bossed around by Sass. She knows that if she returns to her parents' home, it will bring shame to her family. Stuck in a household of hate, Koly realizes that she will die miserable and unwanted. After years of loneliness and terror, she is abandoned by Sass in Vrindavan, a holy city. Koly finds that even though she is left in a strange city, it is the best thing that has ever happened to her. She soon finds happiness. I guess you'll have to read the book to find out what takes her from misery to joy. The author creates a vivid image of the perils and successes of her protagonist, allowing you to cry and laugh with this young, heroic character. The book is hard to put down once you are captured by the stories intensity. Anyone who enjoys stories where courage, hope and perseverance lead to a happy ending will absolutely enjoy this book and love getting to know Koly.

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Summary: Response to Literature
Review: Homeless Bird is about an Indian girl, Koly who is getting married--to a man she's never met (an arranged marriage.) When the marriage happens, she realises the 19 year old Hari is very sick and only about 13! She later finds out the Mehtas needed money from her dowry to take Hari to the Ganges River. On the trip, Hari dies. And the plot works from there.

It really takes you on a trip to India, you can vividly imagine it. Highly recommended to anyone and everyone.

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Summary: The best book for young people
Review: In the book HOMELESS BIRD is talking about a girl whose name was Koly and who had a hard life. She got married when she was thirteen years old. After she got married they told her that her husband is going to die. Her mother in low didn't love her. After a few months her father in low died and she stayed by her mother in low. In their country the culture is when a women lost her husband she can't get married again. After few months her mother in low took her to one city where she left her by her self...

This was one of the best books that I have ever read in my life, this helped me to understood if one day I got married and I lost my husband what should I do. You should read this book because we don't know what is going to happen in future and you will need to understand some things for your future. If you wont to see what happened in the book after the girl stayed by herself. Just get one book and read it. The name of the book is HOMELESS BIRD and the writer of the book is Gloria Whelon.

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Summary: Homeless Bird
Review: Koly's family doesn't have very much money to buy food with. To her parents, one less person at the dinner table is better. Koly is the right age to be married. As the days go by Koly's parents find a husband for her tomarry and live with. Now that Koly has gone to live with Hari, her family is right back on track. While living with Hari, Koly finds out the only reason the family decided to takeher in was because Hari is very sick and the money Koly was to give them would help Hari to get better.
Now Hari is dead from the sickness and Koly is a widow with only her sister-in-law as her only friend. when her sister-in-law leaves to be married and her husband and sassur dead Koly has to learn to live with her mean sass. See how she survives.
This book has a very great story attached to it. Homeless Bird takes you on a journey that you will never forget. If you start reading this book, beware because you may never want to putit down.if you like realistic fiction books then you will definitely love Homeless Bird.


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Summary: traditional view
Review: The homeless bird is about an only daughter in a family named Koly . She is thirteen years old and got married to someone she doesn't know or heard about.
The person she got married to was suffering from flu. And they had to take him to Varanasi a holy city in India so he will get better, but he died at varanasi because the flu was getting worst every day .Her sass [mother in law] hated, and always scolded Her to do her house work. Sass has her husband who is Koly's sassur [father in law]
But he liked Koly so much that he sometimes taught her to read, because she doesn't go to school. But later he died. According to the tradition of India, a girl who has lost her husband will never get married or return to her parent again.
Will she ever gets married ? will she ever return to her parent? If she gets married is her husband going to die ?To know the answers to this questions read the homeless Bird.
The Homeless Bird is my favorite book because it has lot of details about the
Experiences of life. The homeless bird is a good book for teenagers to read especially girls, because it talks about some experiences a girl go through during her teenage
Age.

Rating:
Summary: traditional view
Review: The homeless bird is about an only daughter in a family named Koly . She is thirteen years old and got married to someone she doesn't know or heard about.
The person she got married to was suffering from flu. And they had to take him to Varanasi a holy city in India so he will get better, but he died at varanasi because the flu was getting worst every day .Her sass [mother in law] hated, and always scolded Her to do her house work. Sass has her husband who is Koly's sassur [father in law]
But he liked Koly so much that he sometimes taught her to read, because she doesn't go to school. But later he died. According to the tradition of India, a girl who has lost her husband will never get married or return to her parent again.
Will she ever gets married ? will she ever return to her parent? If she gets married is her husband going to die ?To know the answers to this questions read the homeless Bird.
The Homeless Bird is my favorite book because it has lot of details about the
Experiences of life. The homeless bird is a good book for teenagers to read especially girls, because it talks about some experiences a girl go through during her teenage
Age.

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Summary: The best book I have ever read!
Review: this book is the best book i have ever read! the author is such a magnificent writer! finished this book in about an hour..easy to read and very enjoyable..this book is both heartwarming, sweet, sad, nd a happy book about a girl who gets abandoned by her mother-in-law.