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      A Girl Named Disaster

      by Nancy Farmer
      Published
      Jan 1996
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
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      320
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      Nhamo's mother is dead, and her father is gone. When she learns that she must marry a cruel man with three wives—before her twelfth birthday—she runs away. Alone on the river, in a stolen boat, Nhamo is swept into the uncharted heart of a great lake. There, she battles drowning, starvation, and wild animals, and comes to know Africa's mystical, luminous spirits. Nhamo's journey will transport readers into her world, in a story that is poignant, humorous, dramatic, and extraordinary.

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      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Middle Grade

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