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The shadows of Ghadames /

At the end of the nineteenth century in Libya, eleven-year-old Malika simultaneously enjoys and feels constricted by the narrow world of women, but an injured stranger enters her home and disrupts the traditional order of things.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stolz, Joëlle
Other Authors: Temerson, Catherine
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Delacorte Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Muslims > Fiction.
Sex role > Fiction.
Literacy > Fiction.
Libya > History > 19th century > Fiction.
Muslims > Juvenile fiction.
Sex role > Juvenile fiction.
Literacy > Juvenile fiction.
Libya > History > 19th century > Juvenile fiction.
Juvenile materials.
Description
Summary:At the end of the nineteenth century in Libya, eleven-year-old Malika simultaneously enjoys and feels constricted by the narrow world of women, but an injured stranger enters her home and disrupts the traditional order of things.
Physical Description:119 pages ; 21 cm.
Awards:American Library Association Notables, 2005.
Mildred L. Batchelder Award, 2005.
Booklist Editors' Choice/Adult Books for Young Adults, 2004.
ISBN:0385731043 (trade)
0385901313 (GLB)