Shabanu

Shabanu The book Shabanu, written by Suzanne Fisher Staples, was published in the year 1989. This fictional book takes place in the deserts of Cholistan, which is located on the boarder of Pakistan. The main character in this book is a young girl, at the age of 11 when the book begins, named Shabanu. She has a 13 year old sister named Phulan, who is coming of age to be married. Phulan is betrothed to her cousin Hamir; …

…was about a orphan who lived with her grandmother this mistake is especially disturbing. Did Suzanne Fisher Staples read the original story of Shabanu and think ! that she was an orphan who lived with her dad? If so I would be thoroughly disappointed. Also I believe that if the author would have let Shabanu tell her own story without bringing her own western perspective into it, it would be a far better story. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**