Marcia E. Barss

Broschiertes Buch

Shanti Fights for Her Rights

Beschreibung

Fourteen-year-old Shanti's home is in a village in eastern India, where her parents work in the rice fields. She attends school in a town forty kilometres away and hopes to become a teacher. But while she is home on vacation, her mother gives birth to another girl. Shanti's father declares she must leave school to care for her baby sister. He also makes plans for Shanti to be married as soon as possible, despite the law against girls under eighteen being forced into marriage. Will Shanti defy her father and village traditions, and find a way to stay in school and postpone marriage? Can she and her friends convince him, and their community, that educating girls will benefit the village? Follow Shanti and her friends as they fight for their right to determine their own future.

Autor

Marcia lived in India for most of her childhood. She attended Kodaikanal International School in South India, and spent vacations with her parents who worked in Andhra Pradesh. After graduation from Acadia University in Nova Scotia, Canada, her home for many years was in London, Ontario, where she worked as an early childhood educator and raised her family. The call of the sea brought her back to Nova Scotia, and she delights in sea kayaking, swimming in the ocean, and walking on the beaches. She lives in Dartmouth and has a wonderful view of the harbour. Marcia writes teen and middle grade novels and her first two books, Far From Home and A Privateer's Promise (FriesenPress) launched in 2021 and 2022. Her latest novel, Shanti Fights for Her Rights (OC Publishing), releases in Februrary 2023. More information may be found on her website: marciabarss.com

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OC Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 207g
• ISBN-13: 9781989833322
• ISBN-10: 1989833322
• Artikelnr.: 67177835