Author
Gloria Whelan
1 award win, 3 nominations across 1 book.
American poet, novelist, and short-story writer for children.
Homeless Bird
1 Award Won3 Nominations
195 pages
Gloria Whelan's National Book Award–winning novel chronicles the breathtaking story of a remarkable young woman who dares to defy fate. Like many girls her age in India, thirteen–year–old Koly faces her arranged marriage with hope and courage. But Koly's story takes a terrible turn when in the wake of the ceremony, she discovers she's been horribly misled; her life has been sold for a dowry.
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