{"product_id":"wondrous-journeys-in-strange-lands","title":"Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eWondrous Journeys in Strange Lands\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eSonia Nimir\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781623718664\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eInterlink Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2020\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e224\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eWINNER OF THE PRESIGIOUS ETISALAT AWARD \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAN ADVENTURE-FILLED HISTORICAL-FOLKLORIC NOVEL ABOUT A PALESTINIAN GIRL WHO DEVELOPS GREAT HEALING SKILLS AND TRAVELS AROUND THE REGION, SOMETIMES DRESSED AS A MAN \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSonia Nimr's award-winning Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands is a richly imagined feminist-fable-plus-historical-novel that tells an episodic travel narrative, like that of the great 14th century Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta, through the eyes of a clever and irrepressible young Palestinian woman. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe story begins hundreds of years ago, when our hero--Qamar--is born as an outcast, at the foot of a mountain in Palestine, near her father's strange, isolated village. Qamar's mother must solve the mystery of why only boys are born in this odd, conservative village. Then, in 1001 Nights style, this tale moves into another. Qamar's parents die and a prince with many wives wants to marry her. Qamar takes her favorite book, Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands, and flees through Gaza, to Egypt, where she is captured, enslaved, and sold to the sister of the mad king in Egypt. After escaping, she flees to study with a polymath in Morocco. But when it's discovered she's a girl, she must leave again, disguising herself as a boy pirate to sail the Mediterranean. Through all her fast-paced battles, mysteries, and adventures, Qamar never finds a home, but she does manage to create a family.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Interlink Books","offers":[{"title":"Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands | Sonia Nimir | Paperback | 9781623718664 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks D 1782688","offer_id":50532296655000,"sku":"1782688","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/819QlfOMYnL.jpg?v=1790352742","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/wondrous-journeys-in-strange-lands","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}