A Girl Named Disaster
Nancy Farmer. Puffin Books, $7.99 (309pp) ISBN 978-0-14-038635-6
This 1997 Newbery Honor book, which is set in Africa, is both a survival story and a spiritual voyage. ""[The heroine] is a stunning creation--while she serves as a fictional ambassador from a foreign culture, she is supremely human. An unforgettable work,"" said PW in a starred review. Ages 10-14. (Mar.)
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Reviewed on: 03/02/1998
Genre: Children's
Hardcover - 309 pages - 978-0-439-54251-7
Hardcover - 320 pages - 978-0-439-47144-2
Hardcover - 309 pages - 978-0-531-09539-3
Library Binding - 309 pages - 978-0-531-08889-0
Open Ebook - 320 pages - 978-0-545-22978-4
Paperback - 336 pages - 978-0-545-35662-6
Paperback - 533 pages - 978-0-7862-8037-7
Paperback - 978-89-5876-007-8
Prebound-Glued - 309 pages - 978-1-62765-158-5
Prebound-Glued - 309 pages - 978-0-7807-8077-4