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Pemba Sherpa

In a Sherpa village in the foothills of Nepals Himalayas, a small girl, Yang Ki, wants to haul wood like her brother, so one day shell grow strong enough to be a porter. I want to talk with people on the trail and learn to speak English, and then I can be a guide. But girls cannot be guides, her brother tells her. Yang Ki, however, is very determined and in a twist of events becomes an unlikely hero. Written by Olga Cossi. Full-color illustrations by Gary Bernard.

In a Sherpa village in the foothills of Nepals Himalayas, a small girl, Yang Ki, wants to haul wood like her brother, so one day shell grow strong enough to be a porter. I want to talk with people on the trail and learn to speak English, and then I can be a guide. But girls cannot be guides, her brother tells her. Yang Ki, however, is very determined and in a twist of events becomes an unlikely he... More