By:
Suzanne Fisher Staples
Grade Level:
International journalist and acclaimed author Suzanne Fisher Staples’ remarkably moving first novel, Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind (1989), offers the young adult reader the opportunity to experience life in the Cholistan Desert of Pakistan through the eyes of the novel’s young, female narrator. As racism and terrorism fears build, Staples’ story of love and perseverance offers an intimate, honest look at a people often denounced by American media.