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Daksha, The Medicine Girl
Author: Gita V. Reddy
Narrator: Susie Hackel
Unabridged: 39 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Gita V. Reddy
Published: 03/28/2023
Category: Children & Young Adults Fiction
Synopsis
Daksha lives in a hamlet on the Himalayas. An orphan, she learns native medicine by assisting a vaidya. A chance encounter brings her to the notice of people who move her to town and admit her to a school.Daksha is unhappy there and wants to return to her hamlet – until a resourceful doctor helps her adjust to her new life.Daksha the Medicine Girl and The Missing Girl (also by the author) are used as supplementary readers in some schools in India.