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Gr 7-10 Splendidly drawn characters caught between ancient Pakistani traditions and modern Western influences mark this strong sequel to Staples's "Shabanu" (1989) and "Haveli" (1993, both Knopf). For 10 years, Mumtaz has lived uneasily with her deceased father's extended family, sent there when her mother, Shabanu, staged her own death to protect her daughter from her treacherous Uncle Nazir. Attending a modern school and doted on by her grandfather Baba, a tribal patriarch who embraces Western ways of thinking, Mumtaz treasures the arrival each summer of her skateboarding cousin and b...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Ten years after the events of Haveli (rev. 1/94), Shabanu's daughter Mumtaz, fifteen, copes with the "death by a thousand pinpricks" she suffers as an orphan (or so she thinks) in the Lahore residence of her grandfather, Baba, Amirzai patriarch and tribal leader. Baba's love protects her among the hostile extended family, and summer visits from her American cousin, Jameel, help her endure the constant small humiliations. When Baba dies suddenly and his will appoin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Ten years after the events of <i>Haveli</i>, Shabanu's daughter Mumtaz, fifteen, lives with her grandfather. After he dies, Mumtaz learns...Log In or Sign Up to Read More