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    Amal Unbound: A Novel
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    Amal Unbound: A Novel

    Written by Aisha Saeed

    Narrated by Priya Ayyar

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    The compelling story of a girl's fight to regain her life and dreams after being forced into indentured servitude.

    Life is quiet and ordinary in Amal's Pakistani village, but she had no complaints, and besides, 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.

    Life at the opulent Khan estate is full of heartbreak and struggle for Amal—especially when she inadvertently makes an enemy of a girl named Nabila. Most troubling, though, is Amal's growing awareness of the Khans' nefarious dealings. When it becomes clear just how far they will go to protect their 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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMay 8, 2018
    ISBN9780525632092
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    Amal Unbound: A Novel
    Author

    Aisha Saeed

    Aisha Saeed is the author of Written in the Stars, which was listed as a Best Book of 2015 by Bank Street Books, a 2016 YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, and named one of the Top Ten Books All Young Georgians Should Read in 2016. She is also the author of the middle grade novel Amal Unbound, which has received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews and is a Global Read Aloud for 2018. Her other picture books include Bilal Cooks Daal and The Together Tree. Aisha is a founding member of the nonprofit We Need Diverse Books. She has been featured on MTV, HuffPost, NBC, and the BBC, and her writings have appeared in publications including the journal ALAN and the Orlando Sentinel.

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    • 5/5
      "Change, no matter how good and necessary, comes with a price "

      Wow this was touching , an incredible story , I was tearing up alot .

      "Sometimes I wish I did not pay such careful attention. Maybe then I would not have learned that they thought being a girl was such a bad thing "


      I don't usually read middle grade books but I think I'm going to start .

      "You always have a choice. Making choices even when they scare you because you know it’s the right thing to do—that’s bravery"