Padma Venkatraman
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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Life is harsh in Chennai's teeming streets, so when runaway sisters Viji and Rukku arrive, their prospects look grim. Very quickly, eleven-year-old Viji discovers how vulnerable they are in this uncaring, dangerous world. Fortunately, the girls find shelter--and friendship--on an abandoned bridge. With two homeless boys, Muthi and Arul, the group forms a family of sorts. And while making a living scavenging the city's trash heaps is the pits, the...
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English
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2021 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 5 & 6
2021-2022 Middle School TAB Nominations
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
TAB 2022: Williamsburg
2021-2022 Middle School TAB Nominations
Books You May have Missed 2021: Combined
TAB 2022: Williamsburg
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In Chennai, india, after spending his whole life in jail with his mother, who is serving time for a crime she did not commit, nine-year-old Kabir is suddenly released and has to figure out how to survive on his own in the outside world.
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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For Angela, it came on the basketball court--while playing on the boys' team. For Penny, it came on a school field trip to the lake (making for some cringeworthy moments of humor). And to Layla's disappointment, it came at the start of her first fasting Ramadan, meaning that she won't be able to fast after all. Whether it spurs silence or celebration, whether the subjects are well prepared or totally in the dark, the young people in these sixteen...
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