Yasmin's Hammer

by Ann Malaspina

Book Overview

In the noisy streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh, another busy morning is beginning as Yasmin rides to work in her father's rattling rickshaw. Yasmin longs to go to school so she can learn to read, but her family needs the money she and her sister earn at the brickyard to help keep the rice bag full and the roof repaired. As she hammers away at bricks day after day, Yasmin dreams of a different life. If she could read, she could be anything she wanted to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1600603599
• ISBN13: 9781600603594
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Lee & Low Books
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.0" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 6 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 6