Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind (Readers Circle) | 
 enlarge | Author: Suzanne Fisher Staples
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  225 reviews
Sales Rank: 57102
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.2 x 1
ISBN: 0440238560
EAN: 9780440238560
ASIN: 0440238560
Publication Date: August 12, 2003
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Life is both sweet and cruel to strong-willed young Shabanu, whose home is the windswept Cholistan Desert of Pakistan. The second daughter in a family with no sons, she’s been allowed freedoms forbidden to most Muslim girls. But when a tragic encounter with a wealthy and powerful landowner ruins the marriage plans of her older sister, Shabanu is called upon to sacrifice everything she’s dreamed of. Should she do what is necessary to uphold her family’s honor—or listen to the stirrings of her own heart?
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 Pros and cons of Shabanu November 25, 2008
I just read this book for English class and I think this book is fantastic.This book is about a girl named Shabanu who is dealing with family issues and her own self.The bad thing about the book is that it can be confusing if you don't read it carefully.
I would recommend this book who enjoy a sense of mystery and sadness. Like in one of the chapter,Shabanu has to deal about the fact that her favorite camel was sold in a fair. I would not recommend this book for people who want excitement and adventure like in a action movie.
So after all i think this book is a fun FANTASTIC book.
Pakistani desert girl's life struggles September 13, 2008
A well written and thought provoking book Shabanu is the story of a young Cholistan desert girl whose family raises camels. Shabanu's story is that of a typical girl in this part of the world. She must endure a very difficult life in which she and her family struggle to survive in the harsh desert and struggle to overcome the corrupt wealthy land owners who control the region. The story is compelling because Shabanu's life is so different from that of 13 year old girls in the Western world. I would recommend this book to those seeking to learn more about life in Pakistan's desert regions and about the Muslim culture. The book examines the treatment of women in this part of the world and makes a subtle comment on the injustice of their situation.
 the best March 28, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
A Girls Life and Future
I recommend this book to anyone who loves to read about true life. I loved
this book because I have seen the pain of being married off at the age of 13.
I recommend this book to mature readers because of the descriptive words and
sentences. Shabanu keep me reading and it was impossible to put down.
 ZZZZZZ March 22, 2007
2 out of 9 found this review helpful
This book stinks. It's about a 12 year old girl named Shabanu who lives in the desert of Pakistan. Her life as been perfect since she was born, taking care of the camels, climbing thorn trees, and running free in the desert. But when an evil landowner murders the person her older sister Phulan was betrothed to. Now she must sacrifice everything she's dreamed of to save her family. Sounds like a pretty okay plot, right? WRONG! This book tries to make you hate it. It's boring, depressing (her life really sucks), and repetitive. There are some really good parts, but they are just drowned out by the badness of the book. And worst of all, it just ends. The plot actually starts getting thicker, but it just stops. It's like: Shabanu did this, Shabanu did that, Shabanu did thi-The end. The moral of the story: don't read this book.
This book is good and bad! March 3, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book really changed my life. I was assigned to read this book, and Haveli in 7th grade. Shabanu shows a strong, defiant, girl trying to grow into her womanhood. There is a lot of tragedy for her and her family in this book, and there is a lot of talk about breast size and sex in this book, so if you haven't had "the talk" yet, you probably don't want to read this. I felt that the ending was a little stupid, and it felt like the author ran out of paper or something.
All in all, this book has its good and bad moments.
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