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A Girl Named Disaster
by Farmer, Nancy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very near Fine/very near Fine
- Seller
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Orchard Books [1996], 1996. First printing. Hardcover. Very near Fine/very near Fine. 8vo. [9], 2-309, [1] pp. Quarter green cloth over red paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $19.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A 1997 Newbery Honor Book. The harrowing story of a young girl's survival in her quest to reach Zimbabwe, and escape an abusive family life. A very near Fine book in a like dust jacket.
Synopsis
A Girl Named Disaster is a 1996 novel by Nancy Farmer. It is set in Mozambique and Zimbabwe, where a young girl named Nhamo (which means "disaster" in Shona) is told by a shaman that she will have to marry the brother of a man her father murdered, to rid her village of an epidemic of cholera. The brother of Gore Mtoko is said to be a middle-aged and evil man who is already married. Nhamo is instructed by her ill grandmother to run away and find her father in Zimbabwe.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00008696
- Title
- A Girl Named Disaster
- Author
- Farmer, Nancy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- Publisher
- Orchard Books [1996]
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
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About the Seller
Evening Star Books
Biblio member since 2007
Madison, Wisconsin
About Evening Star Books
We buy and sell rare and fine books in many fields. Our interests include philosophy, modern first editions, and works of historical or intellectual interest. In addition to bookselling, we regularly do valuations and appraisals for non-IRS purposes. Evening Star Books is a Limited Liability Company.
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