Theme: Arranged marriages

The Waterless Sea

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

Calwyn and her friends travel to the desert land of Merithuros to rescue the children held captive because of their magical gift of chantment, even as their friend Darrow begins a plot of his own. Book two of The Chanters of Tremaris trilogy.

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Snow in Jerusalem

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

Although they live in different quarters of Jerusalem, a Jewish boy and a Muslim boy are surprised to discover they have been caring for the same stray cat.

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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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