Hummingbird House by Patricia Henley (adult title)
These are suggestions from NoveList
Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje (adult)
A young forensic anthropologist is sent by an international human rights
group to her homeland, Sri Lanka, to discover the source of the organized
campaigns of murder engulfing the island.
Nancy Farmer’s A Girl Named Disaster (1996), (YA) about a Mozambique girl
who flees an arranged marriage
Christina Kessler’s No Condition Is Permanent (2000), (YA) in which a
character faces female circumcision
The Fattening Hut by Pat Lowery Collins (YA)
A teenage girl living on a tropical island runs away to escape her tribe's
customs of arranged marriages and female genital mutilation.
A Tale of the Dispossessed by Laura Restrepo (adult)
The story of a passionate love triangle is set against the turbulent
backdrop of a way station for refugees seeking an escape from violence and
terror.
(Good reviews)
Lisa Nocita, LMS
lnocita@barstowschool.org
The Barstow School
11511 State Line Road
Kansas City, MO 64114
816-277-0308
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