Homeless Bird
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4.4 • 191 Ratings
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
Leaving Home...forever.
Like many girls her age in India, thirteen-year-old Koly is getting married. When she discovers that the husband her parents have chosen for her is sickly boy with wicked parents, Koly wishes she could flee. According to tradition, though, she has no choice. On her wedding day, Koly's fate is sealed.
In the wake of her marriage, however, Koly's life takes an unexpected turn, and she finds herself alone in a strange city of white-sari-clad windows. Her only choice seems to be to shed her name and her future and join the hopeless hordes who chant for food.
Even then, cast out in a current of time-worn tradition, this rare young woman sets out to forge her own exceptional future. And a life, like a beautiful tapestry, comes together for Koly-- one stitch at a time.
Books for the Teen Age 2001 (NYPL) and 2000 National Book Award Winner
Customer Reviews
5 stars!!!
This is a great book I randomly just got it off a shelf at school so it could look like i was reading but I started to read it…boring…suddenly GREAT!
Still hits the same !
I read this book in elementary school & it always popped back up in my head some how over the years. So I just finished rereading it & it’s still my favorite.
Amazing!!
I had to read this as a class in Geography, and thought it would be boring. Turns out, I was wrong. This is a very good book, and is just so sweet! I completely recommend it.