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Beneath My Mother's Feet
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publication Year
2008
ISBN
9781442414518
Pages
208 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
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.
Grade Level
6-8
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Poverty; financial hardship; poor
Main Character
girl
Race/Ethnicities
Pakistani
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
Amelia Bloomer List, 2009
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2009
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, 2009-2010
Master List
South Carolina Junior Book Award, 2010
Nominee
The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection
Ohioana Book Award, 2009, Winner, Juvenile Literature
Keywords
Pakistan; household employees; maid; school; marriage
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Qamar, Amjed, "Beneath My Mother's Feet" (2008). Diverse Families. 835.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/835