03006cam a2200553 i 4500 630245350 TxAuBib 20111117120000.0 070613s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2007019001 9781416947288 hardcover 1416947280 hardcover 9781442414518 paperback 1442414510 paperback (OCoLC)144570779 DLC eng rda DLC BTCTA BAKER MUS TEF IG# EHH XY4 NPL VP@ YDXCP CQU EI1 PFO QJA TXBRI TxAuBib rda Qamar, Amjed. Beneath my mother's feet / Amjed Qamar. First edition. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2008. 198 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Nazia doesn't mind when her friends tease and call her a good beti, a dutiful daughter. Growing up in a working-class family in Karachi, Pakistan, Nazia knows that obedience is the least she can give to her mother, who has spent years saving and preparing for her dowry. But every daughter must grow up, and for fourteen-year-old Nazia that day arrives suddenly when her father gets into an accident at work, and her family finds themselves without money for rent or food. Being the beti that she is, Nazia drops out of school to help her mother clean houses, all the while wondering when she managed to lose control of her life that had been full of friends and school. Working as a maid is a shameful obligation that could be detrimental to her future -- after all, no one wants a housekeeper for a daughter-in-law. As Nazia finds herself growing up much too quickly, the lessons of hardship that seem unbearable turn out to be a lot more liberating than she ever imagined. Ages 12 up. 770L Lexile. Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG+ 4.9 8. Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 4.9 8 122750. 20111117. A Junior Library Guild selection. Self-actualization (Psychology) Juvenile fiction. Self-actualization (Psychology) Fiction. Families Pakistan Juvenile fiction. Household employees Juvenile fiction. Household employees Fiction. Sex role Juvenile fiction. Sex role Fiction. Poverty Juvenile fiction. Poverty Fiction. Family life Pakistan Fiction. Domestic fiction. Pakistan Juvenile fiction. Pakistan Fiction. Fiction. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2007019001-d.html Publisher description https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2007019001-s.html Sample text TXBRI