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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2008
Gr 7-10 After her father's work injury and her older brother's disappearance, 14-year-old Nazia is pulled from school to join her mother for exhausting and humiliating work cleaning houses in modern-day Karachi. This change of status jeopardizes the girl's arranged marriage with her cousin back in their native village. Reminded by her mother of the Prophet Muhammad's words, "All children know that the gates of heaven lie beneath their mother's feet," Nazia...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2008
Fourteen-year-old Nazia's future in Karachi, Pakistan, is clearly laid out for her—school, then marriage to a cousin, at which point her mother-in-law will become the one giving orders instead of her mother. That path changes abruptly when Nazia's father loses his job and her older brother steals her all-important dowry. Nazia and...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
After fourteen-year-old Nazia's father loses his job, she and her mother must clean houses. The plot unfolds smoothly as Nazia ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More