Seven daughters & seven sons /
A retelling of a traditional Arabic tale in which a young woman disguises herself as a man and opens up a shop in a distant city in order to help her impoverished family. Her disguise causes her many complications but she eventually succeeds in redeeming the family fortunes and finding her true love...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Atheneum,
1982.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | A retelling of a traditional Arabic tale in which a young woman disguises herself as a man and opens up a shop in a distant city in order to help her impoverished family. Her disguise causes her many complications but she eventually succeeds in redeeming the family fortunes and finding her true love. |
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| Item Description: | "Based on folktale that has been part of the oral tradition of Iraq since the eleventh century of the common era"--P. 220. |
| Physical Description: | 220 pages ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0689308752 |