A Girl Named Disaster
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Year this Award was Won:
1 997
Award Win Active Date:
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 19:00
Defunct Winner UID:
3 022
Winner Rank:
HNR
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girl named disaster
Winner Description:
by Nancy Farmer, and published by Richard Jackson/Orchard Books
Winner Blurb:
When eleven-year-old Nhamo (Disaster) flees her native village in Mozambique, searching for her father in Zimbabwe, she is lost on the vast Lake Cabora Bassa. Alone except for the stories and spirits she carries in her heart, she survives harsh weather, wild animals, and near starvation before building a new life in the strikingly different world of her father's people.
"Farmer's brilliant insight into both the soul of a young woman and the soul of her Shona culture will open readers' eyes to the possibility of different ways of seeing."
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Title of a book, article or other published item (this will display to the public):
A Girl Named Disaster
What type of media is this winner?:
Book
Winner Detail Create Date:
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 05:06
Winner Detail Change Date:
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 07:10
Winner Detail Change ID:
101
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