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Children's - Grade 2-3, Age 7-8
Pages
91 p.
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JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Asia, JUVENILE FICTION / Girls & Women, JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General (see also headings under Social Issues)
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Naomi's love for her parents drives her to action, and in so doing, damages the one thing that provides for their living. However, this accident proves to be a door of opportunity. A beautiful story.
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In her Bangladesh village, ten-year-old Naimi excels at painting designs called alpanas, but to help her impoverished family financially she would have to be a boy--or disguise herself as one.