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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.For author pictures of Tanzania, a video depicting the life of a modern Tanzanian girl, discussion questions for each chapter of the book, and suggestions for further reading, please go to katie-quirk.com and follow the links for A Girl Called Problem.

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Book category Books in English Children's, Teenage & educational Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories General fiction (Children's / Teenage)

• Full title: Girl Called Problem
• Author: Quirk
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• EAN: 9780802854049
• ISBN: 0802854044
• ID: 01298294
• Publisher: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
• Weight: 274 g
• Dimensions: 203 × 134 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 23. May 2013

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