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Homeless bird

by Gloria Whelan

2000 216 pages eng ★ 4.7 (3 ratings)

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 …

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