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The Fattening Hut
By Collins, Pat Lowery
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-61830-955-9
- Publisher
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2003.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2003
Gr 9-Up As in Signs and Wonders (1999) and Just Imagine (2001, both Houghton), Collins once again deals with teens who are out of sync with their culture or surroundings. In this book, she deals with the weighty issue of female circumcision. At 14, Helen has been promised to Esenu, an "old man" in her opinion, 30 years of age. She needs to gain weight, for what man wants a skinny bride? All of the girls on this fictional island are expected to go into confinement and eat as ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
