Description
- Level/Grade: Level 4 / 9th–12th
- Starts: 9/9/2025
- Length: 5 Weeks
- Day: Tuesdays
- Time: 10:30 am – 11:30 am PST
- Teacher: Lori May
- Materials: Novel and Workbook included
During this 5-week session, teachers will support students as they journal characters, themes, symbols, and motifs, explore vocabulary, discuss ideas, receive feedback on the weekly synopsis and personal reflection, and the culminating essay.
Like many girls her age in India, thirteen-year-old Koly faces her arranged marriage with hope and courage. But Koly’s story takes a terrible turn when in the wake of the ceremony, she discovers she’s been horribly misled—her life has been sold for a dowry. Inspired by a newspaper article about the real thirteen-year-old widows in India today, inspires readers into the heart of a gripping tale of hope.
