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Thirteen-year-old Shida, whose name means “problem” in Swahili, certainly has a lot of problems in her life — her father is dead, her depressed mother is rumored to be a witch, and everyone in her rural Tanzanian village expects her to marry rather than pursue her dream of becoming a healer. So when the village’s elders make a controversial decision to move their people to a nearby village, Shida welcomes the change. Surely the opportunity to go to school and learn from a nurse can only mean good things.However, after a series of puzzling misfortunes plague the new village, Shida must prove to her people that moving was the right decision, and that they can have a better life in their new home.
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Girl Called Problem, Katie Quirk
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- Released
- 2013
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- Title
- Girl Called Problem
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Katie Quirk
- Publisher
- William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
- Released
- 2013
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN10
- 0802854044
- ISBN13
- 9780802854049
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Mystery Novels, Health, Children's Books, Africa, Juvenile Fiction, Villages, Puberty, Mothers and Daughters, Tanzania
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
- Description
- Thirteen-year-old Shida, whose name means “problem” in Swahili, certainly has a lot of problems in her life — her father is dead, her depressed mother is rumored to be a witch, and everyone in her rural Tanzanian village expects her to marry rather than pursue her dream of becoming a healer. So when the village’s elders make a controversial decision to move their people to a nearby village, Shida welcomes the change. Surely the opportunity to go to school and learn from a nurse can only mean good things.However, after a series of puzzling misfortunes plague the new village, Shida must prove to her people that moving was the right decision, and that they can have a better life in their new home.