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Malala's magic pencil / by Yousafzai, Malala,1997-; Kerascoët.;
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Subjects: Yousafzai, Malala, 1997-; Girls; Women social reformers;
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Free as a bird : the story of Malala / by Maslo, Lina.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and filmography.Ages 4-8.LSC
Subjects: Yousafzai, Malala, 1997-; Girls; Women social reformers;
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The museum detective / by Phillips, Maha Khan,1976-author.;
"When Dr. Gul Delani receives a call in the middle of the night from the Sindh police, she thinks they may have finally found her niece, Mahnaz-a precocious, politically conscious teenage girl who went missing three years prior. Gul has been racked with grief since Mahnaz's disappearance, and distracts herself through work: she's a talented curator at the Museum of Heritage and History in Karachi, one of the country's leading experts in archaeology and ancient civilizations, a hard-won position for a woman. But there is no news of Mahnaz. Instead, Gul is summoned to a narcotics investigation in a remote desert region in western Pakistan. In her wildest dreams, Gul couldn't have imagined what she'd find there: amid a drug bust gone wrong, there is a mummy-life-size, seemingly authentic, its sarcophagus decorated with symbols from Persepolis, the capital of the Achaemenid Empire. The discovery confounds everyone. It is both too good to be true, and for Gul, too precious to leave in careless or corrupt hands. Aided by her team of unlikely misfits, Gul will stop at nothing to get to the bottom of it, even as her quest for the truth puts her in the throes of a dangerous conspiracy and threatens to collide with her ongoing search for Mahnaz. A portrait of a city fueled by corruption and a woman relentlessly in pursuit of justice, this engrossing crime novel builds to an unforgettable, emotional conclusion readers won't soon forget.The Museum Detective is an exciting, gritty new crime thriller that announces a whip-smart and brilliant sleuth and builds to a stunning, emotional conclusion that readers won't soon forget"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Corruption; Missing persons; Mummies; Museum curators; Organized crime; Women museum curators;
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Omar rising / by Saeed, Aisha.;
"Omar knows his scholarship to Ghalib Academy Boarding School is a game changer, providing him<U+2014>the son of a servant<U+2014>with an opportunity to improve his station in life. He can't wait to experience all the school has to offer, especially science club and hopefully the soccer team; but when he arrives, his hopes are dashed. First-year scholarship students aren't allowed to join clubs or teams<U+2014>and not only that, they have to earn their keep doing menial chores. At first Omar is dejected<U+2014>but then he gets angry when he learns something even worse<U+2014>the school deliberately “weeds out” kids like him by requiring them to get significantly higher grades than kids who can pay tuition, making it nearly impossible for scholarship students to graduate. It's a good thing that in his favorite class, he's learned the importance of being stubbornly optimistic. So with the help of his tightknit new group of friends<U+2014>and with the threat of expulsion looming over him<U+2014>he sets out to do what seems impossible: change a rigged system. "--From publisher.LSC
Subjects: Boarding schools; Schools;
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The last beekeeper / by Turabi, Siya,author.;
Pakistan, 1974: The secret-wreathed trees of Harikaya have always called to Hassan. He knows if he doesn't find the last beekeeper and salvage a precious jar of his mythical black honey before the floods come, his mother will lose her sight. But then he wins a scholarship to study with the state governor in Karachi amidst a brewing storm of political turmoil and simmering espionage. His entire world is turned upside down when he meets Maryam, the governor's niece visiting from London. All the while the fate of his mother and his promise to the bees calls him back to the forest, and so he must decide: Maryam or the beekeeper, England or Pakistan, his head or his heart.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Magic realist fiction.; Beekeepers;
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Best of friends / by Shamsie, Kamila,1973-author.;
Zahra and Maryam have been best friends since childhood even though they are unlike in nearly every way. Yet they never speak of the differences, not even after the night when a moment of adolescent impulse upends their plans for the future. Three decades later, Zahra and Maryam have grown into powerful women, but when two troubling figures from their past resurface, they must finally confront their differences - and find out whether their friendship can survive. From the author of 'Home Fire', which won the Womens Prize for Fiction and was longlisted for the Booker Prize.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Female friendship; Women;
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A thousand questions / by Faruqi, Saadia.;
Told in two voices, eleven-year-olds Mimi, who is visiting her wealthy grandparents in Karachi, Pakistan, for the first time and Sakina, daughter of the grandparents' cook, form an unexpected friendship.Ages 8-12.LSC
Subjects: Friendship; Americans; Household employees; Grandparents; Single-parent families; Families;
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He named me Malala [videorecording] / by Guggenheim, Davis,film director,film producer.; MacDonald, Laurie,film producer.; Parkes, Walter F.,film producer.; Yousafzai, Malala,1997-; Yousafzai, Toor Pekai.; Yousafzai, Ziauddin.; Fox Searchlight Pictures,production company.; Image Nation (Firm),presenter.; National Geographic Channel (Television station : Washington, D.C.),presenter.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,publisher.;
Director of photography, Erich Roland ; music, Thomas Newman ; editors, Greg Finton, Brian Johnson, Brad Fuller.Malala Yousafzai, Ziauddin Yousafzai, Toor Pekai Yousafzai.An intimate portrait of Malala Yousafzai, who was wounded when Taliban gunmen opened fire on her in Pakistan's Swat Valley. The shooting of the then fifteen-year-old teenager sparked international media outrage. An educational activist in Pakistan, Yousafzai has since emerged as a leading campaigner for the rights of children worldwide and in December 2014, became the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Yousafzai, Malala, 1997-; Documentary films.; Girls; Girls; Political activists; Sex discrimination in education; Social reformers; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Women social reformers;
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Secrets of State / by Palmer, Matthew,1966-;
Formerly the top South Asia expert in the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Argus Systems' consultant Sam Trainor stumbles across an intelligence anomaly that could potentially stoke the simmering conflict between India and Pakistan, nuclear-armed rivals that have already fought multiple wars. And Sam's new employer could be up to its neck in it.
Subjects: Political fiction.; Suspense fiction.; Government consultants;
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Listen to the wind : the story of Dr. Greg and Three cups of tea / by Mortenson, Greg.; Roth, Susan L.;
Includes bibliographical references.Discusses Greg Mortenson's first building project in Pakistan which was the building of a school.LSC
Subjects: Mortenson, Greg; Girls' schools; Girls' schools; Humanitarian assistance, American; Humanitarian assistance, American;
© c2009., Penguin,
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