A bit of Earth /
Riazi, Karuna,
A bit of Earth / Karuna Riazi. - First edition. - 356 pages ; 22 cm
"Difficult child Maria Latif arrives in Long Island from Pakistan to live with the strange Clayborne family where she discovers an off-limits garden that becomes a place where she finally feels at home"-- Growing up in Pakistan, Maria Latif has been bounced between reluctant relatives for as long as she can remember--first because of her parents' constant travel, and then because of their deaths. Maria has always been a difficult child, and it never takes long for her guardians to tire of her. So when old friends of her parents offer to "give her a better life" in the United States, Maria is shipped to a host family across the world. When Maria arrives on Long Island, things are not quite what she was expecting. Mr. Clayborne has left on an extended business trip, Mrs. Clayborne seems emotionally fraught, and inexplicable things keep happening in the Claybornes' sprawling house. And then Maria finds a locked gate to an off-limits garden. Since she's never been good at following rules, Maria decides to investigate and discovers something she never thought she'd find: a place where she feels at home.
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2022952417
Pakistanis--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Juvenile fiction.
Homesickness--Juvenile fiction.
Gardens--Juvenile fiction.
Muslim girls--Juvenile fiction.
Orphans--Juvenile fiction.
Long Island (N.Y.)--Juvenile fiction.
Bildungsromans.
A bit of Earth / Karuna Riazi. - First edition. - 356 pages ; 22 cm
"Difficult child Maria Latif arrives in Long Island from Pakistan to live with the strange Clayborne family where she discovers an off-limits garden that becomes a place where she finally feels at home"-- Growing up in Pakistan, Maria Latif has been bounced between reluctant relatives for as long as she can remember--first because of her parents' constant travel, and then because of their deaths. Maria has always been a difficult child, and it never takes long for her guardians to tire of her. So when old friends of her parents offer to "give her a better life" in the United States, Maria is shipped to a host family across the world. When Maria arrives on Long Island, things are not quite what she was expecting. Mr. Clayborne has left on an extended business trip, Mrs. Clayborne seems emotionally fraught, and inexplicable things keep happening in the Claybornes' sprawling house. And then Maria finds a locked gate to an off-limits garden. Since she's never been good at following rules, Maria decides to investigate and discovers something she never thought she'd find: a place where she feels at home.
9780063098664 0063098660
2022952417
Pakistanis--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Juvenile fiction.
Homesickness--Juvenile fiction.
Gardens--Juvenile fiction.
Muslim girls--Juvenile fiction.
Orphans--Juvenile fiction.
Long Island (N.Y.)--Juvenile fiction.
Bildungsromans.