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Shabanu: Book 1

Shabanu (1989) (edit title/settings)

Daughter of the Wind

by Suzanne Fisher Staples (Author) (edit contributors)

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Life is both sweet and cruel to strong-willed young Shabanu, whose home is the windswept Cholistan Desert of Pakistan. The second daughter in a family with no sons, she’s been allowed freedoms forbidden to most Muslim girls. But when a tragic encounter with a wealthy and powerful landowner... read more

Summary edit see section history

Shabanu lives in Pakistan and is not interested in marriage. But she is forced into a possible marriage after meeting several men in the desert and must make a choice to help her family.

Characters/People edit see section history

  • Shabanu: Heroine. Youngest daughter. Very independent and smart and loves her camels and the desert. 11 years old at the beginning of the story.
  • Phulan: Shabanu's older sister. Engaged to Hamir. Very pretty. Age=13
  • Hamir: Phulan and Shabanu's cousin. Engaged to Phulan.
  • Murad: Hamir's younger brother. Promised to Shabanu.
  • Dali Abassi (Dadi): Shabanu and Phulan's father. Camel herder.
  • Mama: The girls' mother.
  • Sharma: Cousin of Mama. Left her husband because he was beating her.
  • Fatima: Sharma's daughter. Is sixteen and still unmarried.
  • Auntie: The girl's aunt. Lives with the family.
  • Nazir Mohammed: Landowner. Owns the land where Murad and Hamir live.
  • Rahim: Nazir Mohammed's older brother.
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First Sentence edit see section history

Phulan and I step gingerly through the prickly gray camel thorn, each of us balancing a red clay pot half filled with water on our heads.

Table of Contents edit see section history

1. Guluband
2. Birth
3. Kalu
4. Safari
5. The Bugtis
6. Sibi Fair
7. The Bargain
8. Shatoosh
9. Dowry
10. Nose Pegs
11. Channan Pir
12. Sharma
13. Desert Storm
14. The Thirsty Dead
15. Derawar
16. Ramadan
17. The Landlord
18. Spin Gul
19. Yazman
20. Justice
21. The Choice
22. The Wedding
23. Cholistan

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 3 in Shabanu. (standard series)

Followed by Haveli.

This book is in Newbery Honor Roll. (community list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Suzanne Fisher Staples (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Knopf
Country: England
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 0862034434
Page Count: 190

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