The Resource Thirty girls, by Susan Minot
Thirty girls, by Susan Minot
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Resource Information
The item Thirty girls, by Susan Minot represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- Esther is a Ugandan teenager abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army and forced to witness and commit unspeakable atrocities. Jane is an American journalist who has traveled to Africa, hoping to give a voice to children like Esther. Two extraordinary women confronting displacement, heartbreak, and the struggle to wrest meaning from events that test them both in unimaginable ways
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 527 pages (large print)
- Isbn
- 9781410469946
- Label
- Thirty girls
- Title
- Thirty girls
- Statement of responsibility
- by Susan Minot
- Subject
-
- trueNarcissism in women
- trueLord's Resistance Army
- trueParallel narratives
- Young women -- Crimes against -- Fiction
- Women journalists -- Africa -- Fiction
- trueWomen journalists
- trueWomen -- Psychology
- trueUganda
- trueTeenage girl kidnapping victims
- trueSurvival
- truePsychological fiction
- true1990s -- 1990 -- 1999
- Abduction -- Fiction
- trueAfrica
- Africa -- Fiction
- trueAmericans in Africa
- trueAtrocities
- trueChild soldiers
- trueCrimes against young women
- trueCults
- trueKidnapping
- Large type books
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Esther is a Ugandan teenager abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army and forced to witness and commit unspeakable atrocities. Jane is an American journalist who has traveled to Africa, hoping to give a voice to children like Esther. Two extraordinary women confronting displacement, heartbreak, and the struggle to wrest meaning from events that test them both in unimaginable ways
- Summary
- Forced to witness and commit unspeakable atrocities after being abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army, Ugandan teen Esther struggles to survive and escape before crossing paths with Jane, an American journalist who has traveled to Africa in the hopes of advocating on behalf of children like Esther
- Award
-
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2014.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2014
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10262473
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Minot, Susan
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3563.I4755
- LC item number
- T45 2014b
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Thorndike Press large print core
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women journalists
- Abduction
- Young women
- Africa
- Large type books
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Thirty girls, by Susan Minot
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20168807
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 527 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410469946
- Lccn
- 2014006090
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other control number
- 9781410469946
- Label
- Thirty girls, by Susan Minot
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20168807
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 527 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410469946
- Lccn
- 2014006090
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other control number
- 9781410469946
Subject
- trueNarcissism in women
- trueLord's Resistance Army
- trueParallel narratives
- Young women -- Crimes against -- Fiction
- Women journalists -- Africa -- Fiction
- trueWomen journalists
- trueWomen -- Psychology
- trueUganda
- trueTeenage girl kidnapping victims
- trueSurvival
- truePsychological fiction
- true1990s -- 1990 -- 1999
- Abduction -- Fiction
- trueAfrica
- Africa -- Fiction
- trueAmericans in Africa
- trueAtrocities
- trueChild soldiers
- trueCrimes against young women
- trueCults
- trueKidnapping
- Large type books
Genre
Member of
Included in
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 2014
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2014
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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