The Shadows of Ghadames

Written by Joëlle Stolz. Tr. from the French by Catherine Temerson. Published by Delacorte.

About

Stolz paints a vivid picture of an all-female community and a young woman's coming-of-age in nineteenth-century Libya, in a story that follows 11-year-old Malika as she questions the restrictions that she encounters as she approaches marriageable age. The 2005 Batchelder Award Medal.

Details

ISBN:

0385731043

Awards Won

Title Year
"" Notable Children's Books
Each year the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) identifies the best of the best of children's books on the Notable Children's Books list.
2005 - Selection(s)