A girl called problem / Katie Quirk

By:

Quirk, Katie, author

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge U.K. : Eerdmans Books, c2013Description: 243 pages ; 21 cmISBN:

9780802854049

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LOC classification:

FIC .Q85 2013

Summary: Thirteen-year-old Shide, whose name means “problem” in Swahili, certainly has a lot of problems in her life – her father is dead, her depressed mother is rumored to be a witch, and everyone in her rural Tanzanian village expects her to marry rather than pursue her dream of becoming a healer. So, when the village, Shida welcomes the change. Surely the opportunity to go to school and learn from a nurse can only mean good things. However, after a series of puzzling misfortune plague the new village, Shida must prove to her people that moving was the right decision, and that they can have a better life in their new home.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	NU Clark Fiction	Fiction	FIC .Q85 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		NUCLA000002510

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Thirteen-year-old Shide, whose name means “problem” in Swahili, certainly has a lot of problems in her life – her father is dead, her depressed mother is rumored to be a witch, and everyone in her rural Tanzanian village expects her to marry rather than pursue her dream of becoming a healer. So, when the village, Shida welcomes the change. Surely the opportunity to go to school and learn from a nurse can only mean good things. However, after a series of puzzling misfortune plague the new village, Shida must prove to her people that moving was the right decision, and that they can have a better life in their new home.

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