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Saeed, Aisha, author.

Amal unbound / Aisha Saeed.

New York, NY : Nancy Paulsen Books, [2018]

©2018

226 pages ; 22 cm

HL600L Lexile.

Structure indicator: 90 (high) Syntactic indicator: 90 (high) Semantic indicator: 100 (very high) Decoding indicator: 100 (very high) Lexile.

"Twelve-year-old Amal's dream of becoming a teacher one day is dashed in an instant when she accidentally insults a member of her Pakistani village's ruling family. As punishment for her behavior, she is forced to leave her heartbroken family behind and go work at their estate. Amal is distraught but has faced setbacks before. So she summons her courage and begins navigating the complex rules of life as a servant, with all its attendant jealousies and pecking-order woes. Most troubling, though, is Amal's increasing awareness of the deadly measures the Khan family will go to in order to stay in control. It's clear that their hold over her village will never loosen as long as everyone is too afraid to challenge them--so if Amal is to have any chance of ensuring her loved ones' safety and winning back her freedom, she must find a way to work with the other servants to make it happen."--Page 2 of cover.

Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.2 6 194712.

Accelerated Reader 4.2.

ALSC Notable Children's Book, 2019

Amelia Bloomer Top Ten, 2019

CSMCL Best Books, 2018

Kirkus Prize Nominee for Young Readers' Literature, 2018

New York Public Library Best Books for Kids, 2018

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2019

NPR Best Books, 2018

Publisher's Weekly Best Middle Grade Book, 2018

School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018

Washington Post Best Children's Books, 2018

Indentured servants -- Juvenile fiction.

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Courage -- Juvenile fiction.

Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction.

Pakistan -- Juvenile fiction.

Bildungsromans.

9780399544682 (hardback ; alkaline paper)

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