Beneath my mother's feet /

When her father is injured, fourteen-year-old Nazia is pulled away from school, her friends, and her preparations for an arranged marriage, to help her mother clean houses in a wealthy part of Karachi, Pakistan, where she finally rebels against the destiny that is planned for her.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Qamar, Amjed
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2008]
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Families > Pakistan > Juvenile fiction. Household employees > Juvenile fiction. Self-actualization (Psychology) > Juvenile fiction. Sex role > Juvenile fiction. Poverty > Juvenile fiction. Family life > Pakistan > Fiction. Household employees > Fiction. Self-actualization (Psychology) > Fiction. Sex role > Fiction. Poverty > Fiction. Pakistan > Juvenile fiction. Pakistan > Fiction.
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Summary:	When her father is injured, fourteen-year-old Nazia is pulled away from school, her friends, and her preparations for an arranged marriage, to help her mother clean houses in a wealthy part of Karachi, Pakistan, where she finally rebels against the destiny that is planned for her.
Physical Description:	198 pages ; 22 cm.
Audience:	Ages 12 up.
Awards:	A Junior Library Guild selection
ISBN:	9781416947288 (hardcover) 1416947280 (hardcover)