Veera Hiranandani
Author
Language
English
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4th Grade Rocks
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
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.
Author
Series
Phoebe G. Green volume 1
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When Camille, a tall French girl, arrives at school with unusual lunches, third-grader Phoebe neglects her best friend Sage to get invited to Camille's house for dinner to see what other mysterious food Camille eats.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2022 - Children
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Día Booklist (Grades 3-5)
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Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Día Booklist (Grades 3-5)
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Description
Middle schooler Ariel Goldberg must find her own voice and define her own beliefs after her big sister elopes with a young man from India following the Supreme Court decision that strikes down laws banning interracial marriage.
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Jewish American Heritage - Tweens
Mental Health Awareness - Tweens
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Jewish American Heritage - Tweens
Mental Health Awareness - Tweens
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Description
When Sonia's father loses his job and she must move from her small, supportive private school to a public middle school, the half-Jewish half-Indian sixth-grader experiences culture shock as she tries to navigate the school's unfamiliar social scene, and after her father is diagnosed with clinical depression, she finds herself becoming even more confused about herself and her family.
