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A Girl Named Disaster

Name: A Girl Named Disaster
Author: Nancy Farmer
ISBN: 9781439515495

by Nancy Farmer

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Synopsis

Prior to her twelfth birthday, Nhamo, a young orphan, is told she must marry a cruel man in the village and, desperate to escape, runs away in a stolen boat, in which she must struggle to survive the harsh elements of the great lake. Reprint. Newbery Honor Book.