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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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In this story inspired by Jules Verne's '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,' Ana Dakkar, a freshman at Harding-Pencroft Academy--a five-year high school that graduates the best marine scientists, naval warriors, navigators, and underwater explorers in the world--makes astounding discoveries about her heritage and puts her leadership skills to the test against deadly enemies from a rival school.
2) Afterworlds
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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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In alternating chapters, eighteen-year-old Darcy Patel navigates the New York City publishing world and Lizzie, the heroine of Darcy's novel, slips into the "Afterworld" to survive a terrorist attack and becomes a spirit guide, as both face many challenges and both fall in love.
3) Members only
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"First the white members of Raj Bhatt's posh tennis club call him racist. Then his life falls apart. Along the way, he wonders: where does he, a brown man, belong in America?"--Provided by publisher.
7) Vanished
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Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
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Eleven-year-old Neela must solve the mystery when her beautiful, but cursed, veena, a classical Indian musical instrument, goes missing.
13) Seaglass summer
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Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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While spending a month on an island off the coast of Washington helping in her Uncle Sanjay's veterinary clinic, eleven-year-old Poppy Ray soon questions her decision to follow in her uncle's footsteps.
14) Mama's saris
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Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
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Description
An East Indian American daughter pleads with her mother to be allowed to wear one of her mother's colorful saris in honor of her seventh birthday.
15) Blue jasmine
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Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
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When twelve-year-old Seema moves to Iowa City with her parents and younger sister, she leaves friends and family behind in her native India but gradually begins to feel at home in her new country.
16) Karthik delivers
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English
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Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Día Booklist (Grades 3-5) 2024
Día Booklist (Grades 6-8) 2023
Summer Reading List ALSC 2023 Gr. 6-8
Día Booklist (Grades 3-5) 2024
Día Booklist (Grades 6-8) 2023
Summer Reading List ALSC 2023 Gr. 6-8
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One summer during the Financial Crisis, fourteen-year-old Karthik Raghavan makes deliveries for his father's ailing Indian grocery, but he is secretly cast in a play about the young Leonard Bernstein. Includes author's note.
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