Age: Pakistan

Materials from Pakistan

Silly Chicken

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

In Pakistan, Rani believes that her mother loves their pet chicken Bibi more than she cares for her, until the day that a fluffy chick appears and steals Rani’s own affections.

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Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

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 ruins the marriage plans of her older [...]

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Haveli

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Having relented to the ways of her people in Pakistan and married the 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. Sequel to Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind.

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Iqbal

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

When Iqbal is sold into slavery at a carpet factory, he changes everything for the other overworked and abused children there. Iqbal explains that despite their master’s promises, he plans on keeping them as his slaves indefinitely. Iqbal also inspires the other children to look to a future free from toil…and is brave enough to [...]

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