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Title:
Amal unbound
Summary:
The compelling story of a girl's fight to regain her life and dreams after being forced into indentured servitude. Life is quiet and ordinary in Amal's Pakistani village, but she had no complaints, and besides, she's busy pursuing her dream of becoming a teacher one day. Her dreams are temporarily dashed when--as the eldest daughter--she must stay home from school to take care of her siblings. Amal is upset, but she doesn't lose hope and finds ways to continue learning. Then the unimaginable happens--after an accidental run-in with the son of her village's corrupt landlord, Amal must work as his family's servant to pay off her own family's debt. Life at the opulent Khan estate is full of heartbreak and struggle for Amal--especially when she inadvertently makes an enemy of a girl named Nabila. Most troubling, though, is Amal's growing awareness of the Khans' nefarious dealings. When it becomes clear just how far they will go to protect their interests, Amal realizes she will have to find a way to work with others if they are ever to exact change in a cruel status quo, and if Amal is ever to achieve her dreams.
Audience:
HL600L Lexile.

Structure indicator: 90 (high) Syntactic indicator: 90 (high) Semantic indicator: 100 (very high) Decoding indicator: 100 (very high) Lexile.
Physical Description:
226 pages ; 22 cm
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.2 6 194712.

Accelerated Reader 4.2.
Publisher:
Nancy Paulsen Books,
Electronic Access:
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Publication Date:
2018
ISBN:
9780399544682
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Nancy Paulsen Books, [2018]

©2018
Award Note:
ALSC Notable Children's Book, 2019

Amelia Bloomer Top Ten, 2019

CSMCL Best Books, 2018

Kirkus Prize Nominee for Young Readers' Literature, 2018

New York Public Library Best Books for Kids, 2018

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2019

NPR Best Books, 2018

Publisher's Weekly Best Middle Grade Book, 2018

School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018

Washington Post Best Children's Books, 2018
Call Number:
M SAEED
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