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Amal unbound
- Title
- Amal unbound / Aisha Saeed.
- Author
- Saeed, Aisha
- Publication
- New York, NY : Nancy Paulsen Books, [2018]
- ©2018
- Supplementary Content
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 19-1529 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 226 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "Twelve-year-old Amal's dream of becoming a teacher one day is dashed in an instant when she accidentally insults a member of her Pakistani village's ruling family. As punishment for her behavior, she is forced to leave her heartbroken family behind and go work at their estate. Amal is distraught but has faced setbacks before. So she summons her courage and begins navigating the complex rules of life as a servant, with all its attendant jealousies and pecking-order woes. Most troubling, though, is Amal's increasing awareness of the deadly measures the Khan family will go to in order to stay in control. It's clear that their hold over her village will never loosen as long as everyone is too afraid to challenge them--so if Amal is to have any chance of ensuring her loved ones' safety and winning back her freedom, she must find a way to work with the other servants to make it happen."--Page 2 of cover.
- Subject
- Indentured servants > Juvenile fiction
- Families > Pakistan > Juvenile fiction
- Courage > Juvenile fiction
- Conduct of life > Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION > Family > General (see also headings under Social Issues)
- JUVENILE FICTION > People & Places > Middle East
- JUVENILE FICTION > Social Issues > General (see also headings under Family)
- Conduct of life
- Courage
- Families
- Indentured servants
- Pakistan > Juvenile fiction
- Pakistan
- Genre/Form
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Audience (note)
- HL600L
- Structure indicator: 90 (high) Syntactic indicator: 90 (high) Semantic indicator: 100 (very high) Decoding indicator: 100 (very high)
- Awards (note)
- ALSC Notable Children's Book, 2019
- Amelia Bloomer Top Ten, 2019
- CSMCL Best Books, 2018
- Kirkus Prize Nominee for Young Readers' Literature, 2018
- Publisher's Weekly Best Middle Grade Book, 2018
- School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018
- Call Number
- JFD 19-1529
- ISBN
- 9780399544682
- 0399544682
- 9780399544705 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2017038160
- OCLC
- 1001323628
- Author
- Saeed, Aisha, author.
- Title
- Amal unbound / Aisha Saeed.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Nancy Paulsen Books, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Creator/Contributor Characteristics
- Gender group: WomenNational/regional group: PakistanisNational/regional group: AmericansNational/regional group: Georgians (State of Georgia)
- Audience
- HL600L Lexile.Structure indicator: 90 (high) Syntactic indicator: 90 (high) Semantic indicator: 100 (very high) Decoding indicator: 100 (very high) Lexile.
- Study Program
- Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.2 6 194712.Accelerated Reader 4.2.
- Awards
- ALSC Notable Children's Book, 2019Amelia Bloomer Top Ten, 2019CSMCL Best Books, 2018Kirkus Prize Nominee for Young Readers' Literature, 2018Publisher's Weekly Best Middle Grade Book, 2018School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- JFD 19-1529