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Seven Daughters and Seven Sons by Barbara Cohen

Seven Daughters and Seven Sons

Barbara Cohen, Bahija Lovejoy

HarperCollins · Paperback · October 19, 1994

In an ancient Arab nation, one woman dares to be different.Buran cannot -- Buran will not-sit quietly at home and wait to be married to the man her father chooses.

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Who it’s for
A resourceful heroine’s ambition meets the complications of love under a borrowed identity.
Themes
Independence and self-determination, Gender disguise, Love and ambition
Genres
Historical YA Romance, Middle East for Teens, YA Stories About Girls & Women

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About this book

In an ancient Arab nation, one woman dares to be different.Buran cannot -- Buran will not-sit quietly at home and wait to be married to the man her father chooses. Determined to use her skills and earn a fortune, she instead disguises herself as a boy and travels by camel caravan to a distant city. There, she maintains her masculine disguise and establishes a successful business. The city's crown prince comes often to her shop, and soon Buran finds herself falling in love.

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But if she reveals to Mahmud that she is a woman, she will lose everything she has worked for.

Ambition in Disguise

A resourceful heroine’s ambition meets the complications of love under a borrowed identity.

Come here for

  • A woman building independence on her own terms
  • The risk of love under a borrowed identity

Expect

  • A historical tale shaped by disguise and ambition
  • A focused story of choices with real stakes

Where it sits

Historical YA Romance51%
YA Stories About Girls & Women32%
Middle East for Teens27%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Adventure
  • Fairy Tales & Folklore for Teens
  • YA Family Stories
  • Historical YA Fantasy
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  • YA Fantasy Romance
  • YA Stories About Girls & Women
  • Historical YA
  • Myths & Legends for Teens
Authors
Barbara Cohen, Bahija Lovejoy
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
October 19, 1994
Format
Paperback
Theme
Independence and self-determination · Gender disguise · Love and ambition
Reading lane
YA Adventure