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
- ISBN: 9780385731041
- Author: Stolz, Joelle
- Translator: Temerson, Catherine
- Published: 2004
- Themes: Dolphins, Swimming
- Descriptors: Africa, Awards, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Libya, Mildred L. Batchelder Award