![]() Koly's sassur (father-in-law) is a kind man who teaches students. However, it only worsens his condition, and Hari dies the next day. But soon Koly finds out that Hari has tuberculosis and he will die very soon, and that the marriage was only allowed so that her dowry could be used to take Hari to the holy city Varanasi, and swim Ganges River out of the hope it would help him recover. Once they are married, Koly must go to live with his family. Her husband is a sickly, young boy named Hari. Based on Indian tradition, her family has made an arranged marriage for her. Koly is a 13-year-old girl who lives in India with her parents and two brothers. Her idea of the book came from a story on child widows and an exhibit on Asian embroidery in America. ![]() Whelan did not visit India but read extensively about the country before she wrote the book. The title comes from a poem by Rabindranath Tagore. ![]() This book won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2000. Homeless Bird is a 2000 young adult novel by American author Gloria Whelan about a 13-year-old widow in the year 2000 in India. ![]()
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