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Broken Moon
by Kim Antieau
from Margaret K. McElderry

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• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• The Compulsive Reader's Reviews
  Nadira's life is set out for her. As a young woman in modern day Pakistan with a dreadful scar on her face, punishment for a crime committed by her eldest brother, she has little hope for marriage. Instead, she works hard as a maid and cooks for a good family, and gives all that she saves to her mother and young brother Umar. Umar adores Nadira, and is the only one who does not view her scar as something despicable. But then one day Umar disappears, kidnapped by men who would train him in the dangerous ways... more info

• Unconquered Moon
  Although Nadira is eighteen, she is very small in statute. Living in Pakistan, she was attacked at twelve by men who were seeking vengeance on her older brother. They left her with a moon-shaped scar on her cheek, which symbolizes her ruination for any future as a wife. She can only work as a servant. After her father's death, Nadira, her mother, and her little brother, Umar, move into the home of her mother's mean-spirited brother. Working as a servant, she can only visit her mother and her six-year-old... more info

• A quick and satisfying read
  This culturally rich story is set in present day Pakistan. Nadira's older brother, Rahman, was accused of inappropriate behavior toward a girl in the village. He claims he's innocent and many believe him. Though his guilt is never proven, a crude form of "justice" is meted out regardless. It is the custom that male relatives of a female victim have the right to retribution by inflicting similar harm on a relative of the accused. The father and brothers of the girl who claimed Rahman assaulted her are free... more info

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