Padma Venkatraman
1) Island's end
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young girl trains to be the new spiritual leader of her remote Andaman Island tribe, while facing increasing threats from the modern world.
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse for Middle Schoolers
Children's Special Topics: Novels in Verse for Middle Schoolers
Description
Veda, a classical dance prodigy in India, lives and breathes dance -- so when an accident leaves her a below-knee amputee, her dreams are shattered. For a girl who's grown used to receiving applause for her dance prowess and flexibility, adjusting to a prosthetic leg is painful and humbling. But Veda refuses to let her disability rob her of her dreams, and she starts all over again, taking beginner classes with the youngest dancers. Then Veda meets...
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Children's New Books: November 2021 Middle Grade Fiction
Children's Recommended: Best of 2021 School Library Journal
Children's Special Topics: Diwali and Indian Culture
Children's Recommended: Best of 2021 School Library Journal
Children's Special Topics: Diwali and Indian Culture
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.
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Children's New Books: May 2023 Middle Grade Chapter Books
Children's Recommended: 7th Grade 2023
Children's Special Topics: Middle School Short Story Collections
Children's Special Topics: Short Story Collections
Children's Recommended: 7th Grade 2023
Children's Special Topics: Middle School Short Story Collections
Children's Special Topics: Short Story Collections
Description
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...