Beneath my mother's feet

When her father is injured, fourteen-year-old Nazia is pulled away from school, her friends, and her preparations for an arranged marriage, to help her mother clean houses in a wealthy part of Karachi, Pakistan, where she finally rebels against the destiny that is planned for her. As Nazia finds her...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Qamar, Amjed
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000 a 4500
001 ocn144570779
003 OCoLC
005 20160113141100.0
008 070613s2008 nyu c 000 f eng
010 |a  2007019001 
019 |a 213384587 
020 |a 9781416947288 (hardcover) 
020 |a 1416947280 (hardcover) 
035 |a (OCoLC)144570779  |z (OCoLC)213384587 
037 |b Junior Library Guild  |n http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com 
040 |a DLC  |c DLC  |d BTCTA  |d BAKER  |d MUS  |d TEF  |d IG#  |d EHH  |d XY4  |d PCB 
042 |a lcac 
050 0 0 |a PZ7.Q13  |b Be 2008 
082 0 0 |a [Fic]  |2 22 
099 0 |a QAM 
100 1 |a Qamar, Amjed. 
245 1 0 |a Beneath my mother's feet /  |c Amjed Qamar. 
250 |a 1st ed. 
260 |a New York :  |b Atheneum Books for Young Readers,  |c c2008. 
300 |a 198 p. ;  |c 22 cm. 
586 8 |a A Junior Library Guild selection 
521 8 |a Ages 12 up. 
520 |a When her father is injured, fourteen-year-old Nazia is pulled away from school, her friends, and her preparations for an arranged marriage, to help her mother clean houses in a wealthy part of Karachi, Pakistan, where she finally rebels against the destiny that is planned for her. As Nazia finds herself growing up much too quickly, the lessons of hardship that seem unbearable turn out to be a lot more liberating than she ever imagined. 
650 0 |a Family  |z Pakistan  |v Young adult fiction. 
650 0 |a Domestics  |v Young adult fiction. 
651 0 |a Pakistan  |v Young adult fiction. 
650 0 |a Self-actualization (Psychology)  |v Young adult fiction. 
650 0 |a Sex role  |v Young adult fiction. 
650 0 |a Poverty  |v Young adult fiction. 
938 |a Baker & Taylor  |b BKTY  |c 16.99  |d 12.74  |i 1416947280  |n 0007510360  |s active 
938 |a Baker and Taylor  |b BTCP  |n 2007019001 
938 |a Ingram  |b INGR  |n 9781416947288 
994 |a C0  |b PCB 
949 |a Schlow  |b SYFIC  |c Qamar  |d i  |e 39635102456397  |f 271655  |g loc  |j 12/01/2008 
999 |a 226788