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01742aam a2200385 a 4500 001 1703DF72DC8311E6BE8F01EDDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170117010054 007 tb 008 161015s2016 miu d 000 1 eng d 010 $a 2016024672 020 $a 1410493938 020 $a 9781410493934 040 $a KyBuM $c KyBuM $d SILO 043 $a a-af--- 082 14 $a F $2 15 082 14 $a Fic $2 15 100 1 $a Hashimi, Nadia. 245 14 $a The pearl that broke its shell $c Nadia Hashimi. 250 $a Large print ed. 260 $a Farmington Hills, Mich. : $b Thorndike Press/Gale Cengage Learning, $c 2016. 300 $a 667 p. (large print) $c 23 cm. 490 0 $a Thorndike Press large print peer picks 520 $a "Kabul, 2007. With a drug-addicted father and no brothers, Rahima and her sisters only sporadically attend school, and can rarely leave the house. Their one hope lies in the ancient custom of bacha posh, which allows young Rahima to dress and be treated as a boy until she is of marriageable age. As a son she can attend school, go to the market, and chaperone her older sisters. But Rahima is not the first in her family to adopt this custom. A century earlier, her great-great grandmother saved herself and built a new life the same way"--Back cover. 521 1 $a 9-12 $b Medialog, Inc. 650 7 $a Women $z Afghanistan $v Fiction $2 sears 650 7 $a Large print books $2 sears 941 $a 5 945 $a lpt 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722053617.0 952 $l W7PA017 $d 20191031023320.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006101943.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418121813.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20170121015609.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1703DF72DC8311E6BE8F01EDDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search