Cover of Rickshaw Girl

Rickshaw Girl

In her Bangladesh village, ten-year-old Naima excels at painting designs called alpanas, but to help her impoverished family financially she would have to be a boy—or disguise herself as one.

Audience
childrensmiddle gradeyoung adultpicture books
Length
short · 96 pages

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