The Shadows of Ghadames
by Stolz, Joëlle
ALA Notable/Best BooksMildred Batchelder Award/Honor BookLibyaHistorical FictionJunior Library Guild SelectionChildren's Literature ChoiceCoop. Children's Book CenterGender Equality
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AR Book Level
5.9
AR Points
4
Word Count
24,274
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
81842 EN
About this book
At the end of the nineteenth century in Libya, eleven-year-old Malika simultaneously enjoys and feels constricted by the narrow world of women, but an injured stranger enters her home and disrupts the traditional order of things.