Nadia the Willful

by Sue Alexander

Book Overview

This moving and universal story . . . (features) a strong, feisty heroine ( Booklist, starred review) whose determination to overcome her feelings of loss after her brother dies helps her father, a Bedouin sheik, discover the power of love and remembrance. Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies; NCTE Teachers' Choice.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067983480X
• ISBN13: 9780679834809
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Dragonfly Books
• Length: 30 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A great adventure story

Nadia the Willful was a great story. The setting of the story was in the Middle East many years ago. The main characters were Madia, Sheik and Tari. My favorite character was Nadia because she always helped people. I would recommend this book to people ten to thirteen years old.

Randy Miller Jr. Nadia The Willful

This story is about a girl and her dead bother. She talked about her brother and it eases the pain. She lived in a tribe. Her tribe lived in the desert. They owned a bunch of sheep.

Nadia teaches us that the ones we love live on in our hearts

This is a wonderful story about the different reactions to death told through a child's eyes. It is a somewhat simplistic story about a sister and her family's loss of the oldest brother. When you lose a loved one you have two choices; to try to block out the pain and in the process block out the memory of that person or to celebrate that life keeping the memory alive in your heart.