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Homeless Bird is a 2000 young adult novel by American author Gloria Whelan about a 13-year-old widow in India. This book won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2000. The title comes from a poem by Rabindranath Tagore. Whelan did not visit India but read extensively about the country before she wrote the book. Her idea of the book came from a story on child widows and an exhibit on Asian embroidery in America.

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  • Homeless Bird is a 2000 young adult novel by American author Gloria Whelan about a 13-year-old widow in India. This book won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2000. The title comes from a poem by Rabindranath Tagore. Whelan did not visit India but read extensively about the country before she wrote the book. Her idea of the book came from a story on child widows and an exhibit on Asian embroidery in America. (en)
  • 《十三歲新娘》(英語:Homeless Bird),為所著,此書主要在描绘了在印度女性受到的的不平等對待,也反映了時代的變遷。書中女主角出生於印度,名為蔻莉,在13歲時被迫嫁給一位從未見過面的男士,名叫哈力,但不久後丈夫便去世,使她成為寡婦,且因娘家對她很苛刻,導致她離家出走,但她憑藉著一顆堅毅善良的心和不屈不撓的精神,找尋到屬於自己的生活。 (zh)
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  • Homeless Bird is a 2000 young adult novel by American author Gloria Whelan about a 13-year-old widow in India. This book won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2000. The title comes from a poem by Rabindranath Tagore. Whelan did not visit India but read extensively about the country before she wrote the book. Her idea of the book came from a story on child widows and an exhibit on Asian embroidery in America. (en)
  • 《十三歲新娘》(英語:Homeless Bird),為所著,此書主要在描绘了在印度女性受到的的不平等對待,也反映了時代的變遷。書中女主角出生於印度,名為蔻莉,在13歲時被迫嫁給一位從未見過面的男士,名叫哈力,但不久後丈夫便去世,使她成為寡婦,且因娘家對她很苛刻,導致她離家出走,但她憑藉著一顆堅毅善良的心和不屈不撓的精神,找尋到屬於自己的生活。 (zh)
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  • 十三歲新娘 (zh)
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