National Book Award Winner An ALA Best Book for Young Adults A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year Like many girls her age in India, thirteen-year-old Koly is getting married. When she discovers that the husband her parents have chosen for her is a sickly boy with wicked parents, Koly wishes that she could flee. But on her wedding day, her fate is sealed. Then Koly's life takes an unexpected turn. Finding herself in a city of widows begging for food, this rare you woman sets out to forge her own future ...
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National Book Award Winner An ALA Best Book for Young Adults A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year Like many girls her age in India, thirteen-year-old Koly is getting married. When she discovers that the husband her parents have chosen for her is a sickly boy with wicked parents, Koly wishes that she could flee. But on her wedding day, her fate is sealed. Then Koly's life takes an unexpected turn. Finding herself in a city of widows begging for food, this rare you woman sets out to forge her own future.
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Add this copy of Homeless Bird to cart. $2.24, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Thorndike Press.
This book was one of my most favorites in the world were. She doesn't want to leave home she used to for home that will be new to her. Then he dies and at 13 she is a widow. Then your sassur died then she lifted by her sass. At that piont it was heart breaking. then find a boy that run a rickshaw. He helps her out thkes your to a widows house she she makes friends and even finds love. With who you ask read the book to find out. It has every thing in it Romance, betrayal,sercets, and death. You have to read this book
