Publisher's Synopsis
Amal's dreams of becoming a teacher one day are temporarily dashed when - as the eldest daughter - she must stay home from school to take care of her siblings. Amal is upset, but she doesn't lose hope and finds ways to continue learning. Then the unimaginable happens - after an accidental run-in with the son of her village's corrupt landlord, Amal must work as his family's servant to pay off her own family's debt. After inadvertently making an enemy of a girl named Nabila Amal realises she will have to find a way to work with others if they are ever to exact change in a cruel status quo.
