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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
Shy twelve-year-old Nisha, forced to flee her home with her Hindu family during the 1947 partition of India, tries to find her voice and make sense of the world falling apart around her by writing to her deceased Muslim mother in the pages of her diary.
Author
Series
Publisher
Splinter
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kelsey returns home to Oregon, where Mr. Kadam has enrolled her in college, but danger sends her back to India to begin another quest, this time with Kishan, to try to break the curse that forces Kishan and his brother Ren to live as tigers.
3) Lucky T
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Carrie gets upset when her mother gives her lucky T-shirt to Help India, now she's only having bad luck, so she decides to travel halfway around the world to get her lucky shirt back.
4) Chained
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
To work off a family debt, ten-year-old Hastin leaves his desert village in India to work as a circus elephant keeper but many challenges await him, including trying to keep Nandita, a sweet elephant, safe from the cruel circus owner.
Author
Publisher
Sterling Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
Presents the three adventures of Mowgli, a young boy raised by the animals in an Indian jungle, as well as other animal stories and songs. Includes discussion questions and explanatory notes.
Author
Series
Brotherhood of the conch volume 1
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
In India, a healer invites twelve-year-old Anand to join him on a quest to return a magical conch to its safe and rightful home, high in the Himalayan mountains.
8) Tiger moon
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Sold to be the eighth wife of a rich and cruel merchant, Safia, also called Raka, tries to escape her fate by telling stories of Farhad the thief, his companion Nitish the white tiger, and their travels across India to retrieve a famous jewel that will save a kidnapped princess from becoming the bride of a demon king.
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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Description
Accompanying her mother on a gap-year visit to New Delhi after a beloved aunt's death, Noreen rediscovers her cultural heritage alongside a handsome youth before their growing feelings trigger a family scandal.
Author
Series
Farmer Falgu volume 4
Publisher
Karadi Tales Company Pvt. Ltd
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When his daughter loses her kite on the way to the annual kite-flying festival, Farmer Falgu must come up with a clever solution.
Author
Publisher
Chicken House, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"Asha lives in the foothills of the Himalayas. Money is tight and she misses her papa, who works in the city. When he suddenly stops sending his wages, a ruthless moneylender ransacks their home, and her mother talks of leaving. From her den in the mango tree, Asha makes a pact with her best friend, Jeevan, to find her father and make things right. But the journey is dangerous: they must cross the world's highest mountains and face hunger, exhaustion,...
12) Thirst
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
"The riveting story of a heroic girl who fights for her belief that water should be for everyone. Minni lives in the poorest part of Mumbai, where access to water is limited to a few hours a day and the communal taps have long lines. Lately, though, even that access is threatened by severe water shortages and thieves who are stealing this precious commodity—an act that Minni accidentally witnesses one night. Meanwhile, in the high-rise building...
Author
Series
Little animal rescue volume 4
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When Callie volunteers to help at her cousin's birthday party at an indoor trampoline park, she doesn't expect to end up in a rain forest in India! And if that isn't exciting enough, she soon makes a new friend -- a tiny tiger cub, left behind when its family escaped a flood. The little tiger is bursting with energy, and Callie can't believe her luck -- she's playing with an actual tiger cub! But as the flood water rises, the time for games is running...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"When Jyoti visits her grandmother halfway around the world, she is overwhelmed by the differences between India and home. At first she feels lonely and out of place, but soon, despite a language barrier, she and Sita Pati are able to understand each other. They form a bond--looking at books together, making designs with colored sand, shopping at the market, playing games, eating chapatis, and sipping warm milk with saffron to bring sweet dreams....
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