A Girl Named Disaster
by Farmer, Nancy
Misc./OtherSurvivalALA Notable/Best BooksPublishers Weekly Best BookYALSA Top TenNewbery HonorZimbabweNY Publ. Library Best Books for the Teen Age
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AR Book Level
5.1
AR Points
14
Word Count
90,379
Interest Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
204754 EN
About this book
Nhamo is an orphan who flees her village rather than face a hateful marriage. Alone for the first time in her life, she paddles towards Zimbabwe in her canoe, where she is in constant danger from wild animals, and fearful of the spirits of the dead.