A Girl Named Disaster
by Nancy Farmer
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- Very Good
- Paperback
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- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0545356628
- ISBN 13
- 9780545356626
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Scholastic, Incorporated, 2012. Paperback. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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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- Title
- A Girl Named Disaster
- Author
- Nancy Farmer
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0545356628
- ISBN 13
- 9780545356626
- Publisher
- Scholastic, Incorporated
- Date Published
- 2012
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