A Girl Called Problem
Grand Rapids MI : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2013.
Format: Book
Description: 243 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
In 1967 Tanzania, when President Nyerere urges his people to work together as one extended family, the people of Litongo move to a new village which, to some, seems cursed, but where thirteen-year-old Shida, a healer, and her female cousins are allowed to attend school. Includes glossary and author's note.
Subjects:
Villages -- Juvenile fiction.
Sukuma (African people) -- Juvenile fiction.
Healers -- Juvenile fiction.
Moving, Household -- Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction.
Blessing and cursing -- Juvenile fiction.
Farm life -- Tanzania -- Juvenile fiction.
Tanzania -- History -- 1964- -- Juvenile fiction.
Villages -- Juvenile fiction.
Sukuma (African people) -- Juvenile fiction.
Healers -- Juvenile fiction.
Moving, Household -- Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Juvenile fiction.
Blessing and cursing -- Juvenile fiction.
Farm life -- Tanzania -- Juvenile fiction.
Tanzania -- History -- 1964- -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: 770L
ISBN:
9780802854049