Ebook {Epub PDF} A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer

A GIRL NAMED DISASTER is the humorous and heartwrenching story of young girl who discovers her own courage and strength when she makes the dangerous journey from Mozambique to Zimbabwe. Nhamo is a Shona girl living in a traditional village in Mozambique in When her family tries to force her into a marriage with a cruel man, she flees. Nancy Farmer has written three Newbery Honor Books: The Ear the Eye and the Arm; A Girl Named Disaster; and The House of the Scorpion, which, in , also won the National Book Award. Other books include The Lord of Opium (sequel to The House of the Scorpion) Do You Know Me: Tapiwa's Uncle, The Warm Place, the Trolls trilogy, three picture books for young children and an adult novel, A Cited by: A Girl Named Disaster Nancy Farmer, Author Orchard $ (p) ISBN More By and About This Author. OTHER BOOKS. THE SEA OF TROLLS; The Warm Place;.

A Girl Named Disaster is a novel by Nancy Farmer. The book explores the qualities needed to survive in a hostile environment (particularly by a woman), coming-of-age and the availability of spiritual guidance. Nhamo is an year-old girl living in a traditional Shona village located in Mozambique around A Girl Named Disaster is an excellent introduction to several African cultures. In fact, it was originally intended to be a textbook on African culture, but Farmer wisely decided to turn it into a novel instead. As a tale of adventure, survival, and a quest for home, no remnant of the original didactic impulse remains in the story itself. A Girl Named Disaster. Nancy Farmer. Scholastic Inc., Feb 1, - Juvenile Fiction - pages. 23 Reviews. Orchard Classics is a collectible hardcover line of Newbery award-winning titles from the Orchard backlist that have fresh, beautiful new designs and include author prefaces and discussion guides. A GIRL NAMED DISASTER is the humorous.

A GIRL NAMED DISASTER is the humorous and heartwrenching story of young girl who discovers her own courage and strength when she makes the dangerous journey from Mozambique to Zimbabwe. Nhamo is a Shona girl living in a traditional village in Mozambique in When her family tries to force her into a marriage with a cruel man, she flees. A Girl Named Disaster Quotes Showing of 3. “The high point of your life was when you knocked me down”. ― Nancy Farmer, A Girl Named Disaster. tags: better, high, knocked-down, life. 17 likes. A Girl Named Disaster is a novel by Nancy Farmer. The book explores the qualities needed to survive in a hostile environment, coming-of-age and the availability of spiritual guidance. The book has been well-received. In , it won the Newbery Honor for the novel, landed on the American Library Association's list of Top Ten Books for Young Adults, and was a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature.