Homeless Bird

Award: 
Best Books for Young Adults
Year this Award was Won: 
2 001
Press release title and URL: 
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/annotations/…
Award Win Active Date: 
Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 19:00
Defunct Winner UID: 
2 839
Winner Rank: 
SLCT
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Homeless Bird
Winner Description: 
by Gloria Whelan. HarperCollins, $15.95.
Winner Blurb: 

Koly, a thirteen-year-old girl in modern India, is forced into an arranged marriage with a dying boy. As a teenaged widow, she finds herself abandoned by her mother-in-law in a strange city where she must make a life for herself or die.

Title of a book, article or other published item (this will display to the public): 
Homeless Bird
ISBN of the winning item: 
0-06-028454-4
What type of media is this winner?: 
Book
Winner Detail Create Date: 
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - 08:06
Winner Detail Change Date: 
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - 08:06
Winner Detail Change ID: 
201
Winner Type: 
PTMD
Award Winner Category (start typing): 
*Top Ten