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 · A Girl Called Problem. Katie Quirk, Author. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, Historical Fiction, April Suitable for Ages: 10 (Adults too). Themes: Educating Girls, Tanzania, Dreams, Multicultural, Mystery. Synopsis: Shida (Swahili for “problem”) is a year-old girl living in Litongo, Tanzania. The Village elders call a meeting and Shida crouches in a mango tree listening to. Thirteen-year-old healer Shida (Swahili for "problem") can't save 6-year-old Furaha ("happiness") from an untimely death in the Tanzanian village of Njia Panda that its inhabitants label www.doorway.ru: Katie Quirk. Posts about A Girl Called Problem written by katiequirkauthor. Traveling or living abroad often provides great fodder for writing. New cultural contexts, languages and even natural settings provide us with fresh eyes on the world and on assumptions we make about how things ought to be done.

This information about A Girl Called Problem shown above was first featured in "The BookBrowse Review" - BookBrowse's membership magazine, and in our weekly "Publishing This Week" newsletter. In most cases, the reviews are necessarily limited to those that were available to us ahead of publication. If you are the publisher or author and feel that the reviews shown do not properly reflect the. A Girl Called Problem. Katie Quirk Ages 10—14 Lexile: L. PAPERBACK. ISBN: Pages. BUY THIS BOOK HERE. Thirteen-year-old Shida, whose name means "problem" in Swahili, certainly has a lot of problems in her life — her father is dead, her depressed mother is rumored to be a witch, and everyone in her rural. For author pictures of Tanzania, a video depicting the life of a modern Tanzanian girl, discussion questions for each chapter of the book, and suggestions for further reading, please go to www.doorway.ru and follow the links for A Girl Called Problem. Read Katie Quirk's blog post about the courage of Tanzanian women that helped inspire the.

A Girl Called Problem Katie Quirk, Author Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, Historical Fiction, April Suitable for Ages: 10 (Adults too) Themes: Educating Girls, Tanzania, Dreams, Multicultural, Mystery Synopsis: Shida (Swahili for "problem") is a year-old girl living in Litongo, Tanzania. “A Girl Called Problem is a wonderful introduction to historical fiction that will teach young readers about the crossroads of tradition and modernization, culture and science. Readers will fall in love with the main character, a spunky young girl who teaches her village that when girls are allowed to go to school, an entire community benefits.”. Posts about A Girl Called Problem written by katiequirkauthor. Traveling or living abroad often provides great fodder for writing. New cultural contexts, languages and even natural settings provide us with fresh eyes on the world and on assumptions we make about how things ought to be done.