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Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"Tsering can't wait to taste his grandmother's delicious noodle soup. He invites a string of friends and neighbours home. But as preparations get underway, there is a power cut and the house is plunged into darkness. Will Abi be able to put together the much-anticipated thukpa? Told from a blind child's perspective, this tale by Praba Ram and Sheela Preuitt is accompanied by Shilpa Ranade's stunning illustrations." --
3) Outside in
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
In the jungle outside the growing city of Chandigarh, twelve-year-old street child Ram discovers a hidden rock garden, befriends its creator--a factory worker named Nek--and tries to save Nek's garden when it is threatened with destruction.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"On the outskirts of the red-light area in Bihar, India, Heera is living on borrowed time until the day her father decides to sell her into the sex trade to repay his loans. It is, as she's been told, the fate of all women in Girls Bazaar to end up there. But what if she can learn to fight back against 'fate'? When a local hostel owner presents her with the opportunity to practice kung fu, Heera begins to learn that her body isn't an object to be...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Description
"This brilliantly illustrated picture book tells the story of the Aajibaichi Shala, the Grandmother School, that was opened in Phangane, India, in 2016 to teach local grandmothers how to read and write."--
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
246 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"In a dystopian future where gender selection has led to girls outnumbering boys 5 to 1 marriage is arranged based on a series of tests. It's Sudasa's turn to pick a husband through this 'fair' method, but she's not sure she wants to be a part of it"--
8) Ahimsa
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When her mother is jailed for being one of Gandhi's freedom fighters, ten-year-old Anjali overcomes her own prejudices and continues her mother's social reform work, befriending Untouchable children and working to integrate her school.
11) Sed
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
237 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"Minni vive en la parte más pobre de Mumbai, con acceso limitado a agua potable y horas de espera para usar el grifo comunal. Últimamente, el acceso está amenazado por cortes de agua y, como Minni descubre una noche, por ladrones. Sin embargo, en el edificio donde trabaja al servicio de una familia privilegiada, tienen agua potable y hasta una piscina en el techo. Un día Minni se encuentra con el jefe de la mafia del agua. ¿Debe denunciarlo,...
13) The night diary
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
264 pages ; 22 cm
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.
14) Thirst
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
179 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"A heroic girl in Mumbai fights for her belief that water should be for everyone"--
15) Feast of peas
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 28 cm
Description
In Dakor, India, Jiva looks forward to a feast of peas from his garden, but when they are stolen at harvest time, Jiva sets out to catch the thief.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
302 pages ; 24 cm
Description
After getting into UCLA, Raya Liston begins questioning the future laid out for her. When her beloved grandmother dies, she escapes to the ashram in India where her grandparents fell in love. While exploring her family's past with her cousin Anandi she meets Kiran. If she follows her heart, will she find her true self, or will love make Raya lose her way? -- adapted from jacket
17) Rikki-tikki-tavi
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Description
A courageous mongoose thwarts the evil plans of Nag and Nagaina, two big black cobras who live in the garden.
18) Born behind bars
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
265 pages ; 23 cm
Description
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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