Rasha: Little Girl Big Heart

The breath-taking story of a feisty young girl Fifteen-year-old Rasha is abandoned by her mother in a village with her aged and probably mad-grandmother. Uprooted from her school and her friends back in cosmopolitan Dhaka a disgruntled Rasha has to start life afresh in a faraway place with no electricity incessant rains nosy neighbours and a primitive school. Refusing to resign to the circumstances Rasha rises against them and turns indomitable. Exposing a bullying teacher nipping a child marriage in the bud learning to take a boat to school and teaching her classmates how to use computers-these are only a few of this young girl's incredible exploits!But just as Rasha settles into her new life new friends in tow she is confronted by a nightmarish past that once ravaged her family. Will Rasha survive this daunting and astounding adventure? About the Author Muhammed Zafar Iqbal is the best-known writer of science-fiction and of children's books fom Bangladesh. Hi books have earned him numerous awards including the prestigious national Bangla Academy Award.