by Nancy Farmer · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781858816227
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«A Girl Named Disaster» is the young adult adventure novel by Nancy Farmer, published by Dolphin in paperback (287 pages, in English).
Nhamo, an eleven-year-old Shona girl, must flee her village to escape an unwanted marriage and embarks on a journey through the wilds to Zimbabwe. Along the way she faces hunger, dangerous rivers and her own fears, while discovering the world of African spirits. A story of survival, identity and connection with nature.
«A Girl Named Disaster» was nominated for the Newbery Medal, a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the California Book Award (young adult category, 1996).
For young and young adult readers seeking survival adventures and personal discovery set in southern Africa.
Nancy Farmer is an American writer of children's and young adult books and science fiction. She has written three Newbery Honor books and won the U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature for The House of the Scorpion, published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers in 2002.
