
Homeless Bird: A National Book Award Winner
National Book Award Winner. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. Like many girls her age in India, thirteen-year-old Koly is getting married. When she discovers that the husband her parents have chosen for her is a sickly boy with wicked parents, Koly wishes that she could flee. But on her wedding day, her fate is sealed. Then Koly's life takes an unexpected turn. Finding herself in a city of widows begging for food, this rare you woman sets out to forge her own future.
Product Details
Author: Gloria Whelan
Language: English
Edition:
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date: 2001-08-21
Pages: 192
ISBN: 0064408191
ISBN13: 9780064408196