A girl called Problem / by Katie Quirk.

By:

Quirk, Katie

Grand Rapids MI : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2013Description: 243 p.: ill. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780802854049
0802854044

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DDC classification:

[Fic] 23

Awards:

Notable Social Studies Trade Books, 2014.

Summary: In 1967 Tanzania, when President Nyerere urges his people to work together as one extended family, the people of Litongo move to a new village which, to some, seems cursed, but where thirteen-year-old Shida, a healer, and her female cousins are allowed to attend school. Includes glossary and author's note.

List(s) this item appears in: 2017-18 Beijing Battle of the Books

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	MS Library	Fiction	FIC QUI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		IB17110885

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In 1967 Tanzania, when President Nyerere urges his people to work together as one extended family, the people of Litongo move to a new village which, to some, seems cursed, but where thirteen-year-old Shida, a healer, and her female cousins are allowed to attend school. Includes glossary and author's note.

Ages 8-11.

Notable Social Studies Trade Books, 2014.

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