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Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne Fisher Staples
$18.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Reading Level: Teen - Grade 7-9, Age 12-14
Twelve-year-old Shabanu lives with her family in Pakistan's Cholistan Desert, in a society that denies women any form of independence. She is already betrothed, while her sister Phulan, a year older, is about to be married. After tragedy strikes, Shabanu is faced with a life changing decision - she must ...Show more
Daughter of the Wind (Shabanu #1) by Suzanne Fisher Staples
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Shabanu
Shabanu, you are as wild as the wind. You must learn to obey. A powerful story about a young girl's struggle to have autonomy within the constraints of her society. Shabanu lives with her family in Pakistan's Cholistan Desert, in a society that denies women any form of independence. At twelve years old, ...Show more
Haveli by Suzanne Fisher Staples
$14.95 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
Having relented to the ways of her people in Pakistan and married the rich older man to whom she was pledged against her will, Shabanu is now the victim of his family's blood feud and the malice of his other wives.
Red-tailed bird art by Suzanne Fisher Staples
$19.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
Shabanu, daughter of the windswept Cholistan desert, is the youngest of Rahim's four wives. Although her husband adores her, it is only in his rarely inhabited town house, away from the family home, that Shabanu and her daughter can escape the cruelty of the other wives. But there Shabanu falls dangerou ...Show more
Shiva's Fire by Suzanne Fisher Staples
$16.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
Even as a toddler Parvarti was thought to have supernatural gifts. When she grows up and the master of Indian classical dance comes to see her for himself, he asks her to study with him. But then she meets a boy with his own powers and learns destiny can be a very elusive thing indeed.
Storm by Suzanne Fisher Staples
$14.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Red Fox fiction | Reading Level: 2-12
Two friends, Buck and Tunes - Buck a white boy, Tunes, a black girl - have shared an idyllic childhood, playing among the creeks of Cheakespeake Bay. The two have been untroubled by their different backgrounds but soon discover the prejudices of the adult world when Tunes is implicated in murder.
Under the Persimmon Tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples
$21.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
An outstanding novel exploring the relationship between a young American woman and a refugee girl. Northern Afghanistan, 2001. When the Taliban takes her brother and father to be soldiers and the bombing of her tiny village kills her mother and baby brother, Najmah makes a dangerous journey over the mou ...Show more
Under the Same Stars by Suzanne Fisher Staples
$18.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
A young woman must choose between family, tradition and an unexpected love in this gripping novel set in Pakistan. Shabanu, daughter of the windswept Cholistan desert, is the youngest of Rahim's four wives. Although her husband adores her, it is only in his rarely inhabited town house, away from the fam ...Show more
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