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"I was always puzzled by the fact that people have a great deal of trouble and pain when and if they are forced or feel forced to change a belief or circumstance which they hold dear. I found what I believe is the answer when I read that a Canadian neurosurgeon discovered some truths about the human mind which revealed the intensity of this problem. He conducted some experiments which proved that when a person is forced to change a basic belief or viewpoint, the brain undergoes a series of nervous sensations equivalent to the most agonizing torture."
- Sidney Madwed
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| | | |  | | | Product Details
 Format: Library Binding
Publisher: Econo-Clad Books
ISBN: 083355154X
Release Date: Jan 4, 1998
Average Reader Review:   (Based on 4 reviews.)
| |  | | | In Brief
This novel is "set in the Cholistan Desert of Pakistan. Shabanu, 12, realizes that she will be married soon; already her parents are planning the wedding of her sister, Phulan, who is only a year older. But Shabanu chafes atthe thought of restrictions that female adulthood will bring. She prefers tending the camels, accompanying her father to the city, and asserts herself even when prompt obedience means the difference between life and death. Just as Shabanu begins to accept her engagement to the handsome Murad, fate intervenes: her sister's groom dies in a cruel act of desert vengeance. Phulan marries Murad, and Shabanu must become the fourth wife of the elderly but rich brotherof a powerful landlord. {Glossary.} Grades seven to twelve." (SLJ)
| | | | From The Publisher
"This first novel is, on several counts, one of the most exciting YA books to appear recently. Staples is so steeped in her story and its Pakistani setting that the use of a first-person voice for a desert child rings authentic—the voice is clear, consistent, and convincing. Shabanu and her sister are to marry brothers as soon as they all come of age. But she will eventually lose her betrothed and be promised to a wealthy landowner to settle a feud. The richness and tragedy of a whole culture are reflected in the fate of this girl's family. Through an involving plot Staples has given readers insight into lives totally different from their own, but into emotions resoundingly familiar."—(starred) Bulletin, Center for Children's Books.
| | | | Annotation
When eleven-year old Shabanu, the daughter of a nomad in the Cholistan Desert of present-day Pakistan, is pledged in marriage to an older man whose money will bring prestige to the family, she must either accept the decision, as is the custom, or risk the consequences of defying her father's wishes.
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 | | | | | Number of Reviews: 4 Average Rating:
15 yr old female who loves to read. If you have any books that might be good Email me.
-- A reviewer, a person who loves reading, July 8, 2002
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The most interisteing book ever
-- Kadi Elliott, a wolf lover!, July 7, 2002
Shabanu, Life Decisions 
-- Lori, a first time reviewer, July 7, 2002
One of the best books I have ever read.
-- Stephanie, 14 & this is for all young adults., July 18, 2002
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| | | | | | Keywords
Children: Grades 3-4, Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General, Juvenile Fiction, Ethnic - Other, Social Situations - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Fiction, Pakistan, Sex role, Cholistan Desert (Pakistan)
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