An unexpected death brings Shabanu's daughter, Mumtaz, and nephew, Jameel, both aged fifteen, to the forefront of an attempt to modernize Pakistan, but the teens must both sacrifice their own dreams if they are to meet family and tribal expectations.
year: 2008, 2012
call number/section: 1000
subjects: family, pakistan, juvenile fiction, sex role, spirits, family life, fiction, pakistan, juvenile fiction, fiction, families
Editions
Staples, Suzanne Fisher
Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2008)
An unexpected death brings Shabanu's daughter, Mumtaz, and nephew, Jameel, both aged fifteen, to the forefront of an attempt to modernize Pakistan, but the teens must both sacrifice their own dreams if they are to meet family and tribal expectations.
Schools: 14
Staples, Suzanne Fisher
Ember (2012)
An unexpected death brings Shabanu's daughter, Mumtaz, and nephew, Jameel, both aged fifteen, to the forefront of an attempt to modernize Pakistan, but the teens must both sacrifice their own dreams if they are to meet family and tribal expectations.
Schools: 1