When her favorite brother disappears in the desert forever, Nadia refuses to let him be forgotten, despite her father's bitter decree that his name shall not be uttered.

Charming charcoal illustrations. A young girl teaches her father, the Sheikh, and her whole Bedouin tribe, some lessons about love and loss in this story a girl's determination in the death of a favourite brother. Her refusal to obey her father's orders that no one should say the name of the brother, Nadia earns the nickname "Wilful". But when her determination of keep alive the memory of the young man teaches her father that this is the only way he himself can remember the boys voice, or the memories near, her father calls everyone in the tribe together and announces that she must be called "Nadia the Wise."

cover is a bit creased one small crayon mark on one page

gorgeous pictures

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