The Lace Dowry

By Andrea Cheng

Dowry. The word sounds like something from the Middle Ages. "Mama, I don't need a dowry," I say quickly. "Nobody in Budapest has a dowry anymore." -From the book Twelve-year-old Juli wants neither a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932425209
• ISBN13: 9781932425208
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Front Street, Incorporated
• Length: 115 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4

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Her friendship with an unschooled lace maker's daughter immerses her in a controversial friendship

Twelve-year-old Juli doesn't want a dowry nor the dancing lessons her mother covets for her: Hungarian girls don't need these things anymore, Juli insists, and she dreams of a career over marriage. Her friendship with an unschooled lace maker's daughter immerses her in a controversial friendship, the problems of a very different family life, and eventual defiance of her mother's dreams in The Lace Dowry's provocative story.