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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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All Together Now - Ages 12-18
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Description
"Readers will be captivated by this beautifully written novel about young people who must use their instincts and grit to survive. Padma shares with us an unflinching peek into the reality millions of homeless children live every day but also infuses her story with hope and bravery that will inspire readers and stay with them long after turning the final page."--Aisha Saeed, author of the New York Times Bestselling Amal Unbound. Four determined homeless...
Author
Publisher
Balzer & Bray
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Gopal and his family leave their rural Indian village for life with his uncle in Mumbai, but when they arrive his father goes missing and Gopal ends up locked in a sweatshop from which there is no escape.
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A[n] . . . illustrated novel in verse about a young Indian girl who tackles the taboos around sanitation in her village. In Latika's village in rural India, there are no toilets. No toilets mean that the women have to wait until night to do their business in a field. There are scorpions and snakes in the field, and germs that make people sick. For the girls in the village, no toilets mean leaving school when they reach puberty. No one in the village...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A propulsive social justice adventure by renowned activist and award-winning documentarian Ruchira Gupta, I Kick and I Fly is an inspiring, hopeful story of triumph about a girl in Bihar, India, who escapes being sold into the sex trade when a local hostel owner helps her to understand the value of her body through kung fu. On the outskirts of the Red Light District in Bihar, India, fourteen-year-old Heera is living on borrowed time until her father...
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Description
What thirteen year old Abby wants most is to meet her father. She just never imagined he would be a huge film star, in Bollywood! Now she's traveling to Mumbai to get to know her famous father. Abby is overwhelmed by the culture clash, the pressures of being the daughter of India's most famous celebrity, and the burden of keeping her identity a secret. But as she learns to navigate her new surroundings, she just might discover where she really belongs....
Author
Series
Little animal rescue volume 2
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"While attending a swimming lesson with her friends, Callie is magically whisked away to the Indian Ocean! There she finds a young dolphin in trouble, and she knows she has to help. But she's scared of the deep water, and who knows what other animals or sea life might be out there! Can Callie face her fears and save her new friend?"--
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...
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