Amal Unbound

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Author(s)	Aisha Saeed
Illustrator(s)
Age Group	10 and up
Publisher	Nancy Paulsen Books
ISBN	978-0399544682
Year	2018

Life is quiet and ordinary in Amal's Pakistani village; she's busy pursuing her dream of becoming a teacher one day. Her dreams are temporarily dashed when--as the eldest daughter--she must stay home from school to take care of her siblings. Amal is upset, but she doesn't lose hope and finds ways to continue learning. Then the unimaginable happens--after an accidental run-in with the son of her village's corrupt landlord, Amal must work as his family's servant to pay off her own family's debt. When it becomes clear just how far he will go to protect his interests, Amal realizes she will have to find a way to work with others if they are ever to exact change in a cruel status quo, and if Amal is ever to achieve her dreams.

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