Sayantani DasGupta
Author
Series
Kiranmala and the kingdom beyond volume 4
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors for Middle Schoolers
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors for Middle Schoolers
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Description
A descendent from a long line of demons who build interspecies relationships to fight tyranny works competitively to control her dangerous fire-breathing skills, before a Serpentine Governor's charming son enlists her help to defeat a growing rebellion.
Author
Series
Kiranmala and the kingdom beyond volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Description
Months after Kiranmala's adventure in the Kingdom Beyond, a vision of the Demon Queen starts showing up in her bedroom, trying to tell Kiran something, but getting cutoff before she can finish; then she starts seeing an advertisement for an archery contest on her family's interdimensional television and Kiran realizes that she must return to her place of birth--where society is falling apart, a reality show is taking over, her friends are in danger,...
Author
Series
Kiranmala and the kingdom beyond volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Description
Prince Lal has been spirited away to, of all places, Parsippany, so Kiranmala must leave the the Kingdom Beyond and return home to rescue him; but reality seems to be wavering around her because something is causing a dangerous disruption in the multiverse, and she must face the disturbing prophecy about her own role in the approaching conflict between good and evil--not to mention her own growing feelings for Prince Neel.
Author
Series
Kiranmala and the kingdom beyond volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Children's Genre: Adventure Books for Middle Schoolers
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Description
When her parents disappear and a demon appears in her kitchen, Kiranmala, who believed herself to be an ordinary sixth-grader, finds herself in another dimension where there are magic, winged horses, and talking birds.
Author
Series
Secrets of the sky volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
"Ten-year-old Kinjal knows something strange is going on. But he does not expect his dog, Thums-up, to disappear before his eyes in the middle of the night! Even stranger, two enormous flying horses appear and insist on taking Kinjal and his twin sister, Kiya, to a place they have never heard of: the Sky Kingdom. The twins have no choice but to go if they want to see their dog again, even if that isn't why the winged pakkhiraj horses showed up in...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"A life-long speech competitor, Leela loves nothing more than crushing the competition, all while wearing a smile. But when she meets the incorrigible Firoze Darcy, a debater from an elitist private school, Leela can't stand him. Unfortunately, he'll be competing in the state league, so their paths are set to collide. But why attempt to tolerate Firoze when Leela can one-up him? The situation is more complicated than Leela anticipated, though, and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In this chapter book biography by bestselling author and physician Sayantani DasGupta, readers learn about the amazing life of Virginia Apgar--and how she persisted. There weren't many women who tried to become doctors when Virginia Apgar went to medical school--but she didn't let that stop her. After a professor discouraged from becoming a surgeon, she became an anesthesiologist instead and created the famous Apgar test to check the health of newborn...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Eila Das meets Rahul Lee at Rosewood, a summer camp where campers are being scouted for the hit Bridgerton-like TV show. For the first time she experiences... feelings. She's always been the sensible sister, but now between the drama of the show and the drama of the camp, Eila will have to keep her wits about her to make it through the summer. Her head and her heart have never felt more divided-- and now she's going to have to choose between them....
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"From chudails and peris to jinn and goddesses, this lush collection of South Asian folklore, legends, and epics reimagines stories of old for a modern audience. This fantasy and science fiction teen anthology edited by Samira Ahmed and Sona Charaipotra contains a wide range of stories from fourteen bestselling, award-winning, and emerging writers from the South Asian diaspora that will surprise, delight, and move you. So read on, for after all,...