The Shadows of Ghadames

At the end of the nineteenth century in Libya, 11-year-old Malika simultaneously enjoys and feels constricted by the narrow world of women, but an injured stranger enters her home and disrupts the traditional order of things.

Related: Africa, Awards, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Libya, Mildred L. Batchelder Award

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