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Homeless Bird

Gloria Whelan

Paperback | Pages: 192 pages

Rating: 4.03 | 11721 Users | 1451 Reviews

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Title	:	Homeless Bird
Author	:	Gloria Whelan
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 192 pages
Published	:	August 21st 2001 by HarperCollins (first published March 1st 2000)
Categories	:	Young Adult. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. India. Childrens. Middle Grade. Realistic Fiction

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Like many girls her age in the India of her time period, thirteen-year-old-Koly is getting married. Full of hope and courage, she leaves home forever. But Koly's story takes a terrible turn when in the wake of the ceremony, she discovers she's been horribly misled about exactly what she is marrying into. Her future, it would seem, is lost. Yet this rare young woman, bewildered and brave, sets out to forge her own exceptional future.

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Original Title:	Homeless Bird
ISBN:	0064408191 (ISBN13: 9780064408196)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	India
Literary Awards:	National Book Award for Young People's Literature (2000), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (2002), Michigan Library Association Thumbs Up! Award Nominee (2001), Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature Nominee (2001)

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Ratings: 4.03 From 11721 Users | 1451 Reviews

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This book was a good look in to how life was back when woman were not as important to learn. I thought it was quite boring though i thought and it did not have a very great end. I would rate it smaller than usual but it was an ok book.

Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelanis about a girl named Koly who lives in a poor village in India; and she is 13 years old and she has to get married so that the food in her house could go around. So they marry her off to a "16 year old", but in reality he is 13 years old and he is very sick. Her mother-in-law is very cruel to her because she does not want her to see her husband, they want to take Hari (her husband) to "the Holy Ganges" to heal him.Turns out that Hari dies and Koly has to live with

a simple short book with a story which will stay in my mind for long, loved this book to the very end. it works as a story of human persistence but very little about Indian Culture. very motivating and satisfying. wish this book was bit longer.rating 4.5

It wasn't that good but it was ok

A coming of age story of a different sort. Koly is married off to a boy she's never met--a boy who is ill and she learns the only reason she was married to him was so his parents could gain the dowry to pay for his medical care. Soon Koly is widowed and must face a difficult life against the difficult traditions of her culture. Beautiful and tragic. Grades 4 - 7.From VOYA:"Despite the obvious elements of fairy talecruel mother-in-law, attractive young male coming to the rescuethe book does not



After reading Homeless Bird I felt like sighing. Not because I was relieved it was over, no just the opposite. I've read a lot of boring and mediocre books lately, it was a relief to finally read a good one. Homeless Bird wasn't just good, it was a wonderful, deeply moving novel that kept me engrossed from begining to end. The main character is Koly, a thirteen-year-old girl living in India. Her parents are looking for a husband for her, who's family will take her in despite her small dowry.