| Author | : Uma Krishnaswami |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 288 |
| Release | : 2013-02-19 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1416995900 |
Eleven-year-old Dini loves movies, and so when she learns that her family is moving to India for two years, her devastation over leaving her best friend in Maryland is tempered by the possibility of meeting her favorite actress, Dolly Singh.
| Author | : Uma Krishnaswami |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 286 |
| Release | : 2013-08-13 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1442423285 |
Complications ensue when Bollywood star Dolly Singh premieres her new movie at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., and super fan Dinni and her best friend Maddie present a dance at the grand opening.
| Author | : Natalie Dias Lorenzi |
| Publisher | : Charlesbridge |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2016-09-06 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1607348705 |
A sensitive and endearing middle grade novel about a young Pakistani immigrant adjusting to his new life in contemporary America Ten-year-old Bilal liked his life back home in Pakistan. He was a star on his cricket team. But when his father suddenly sends the family to live with their aunt and uncle in America, nothing is familiar. While Bilal tries to keep up with his cousin Jalaal by joining a baseball league and practicing his English, he wonders when his father will join the family in Virginia. Maybe if Bilal can prove himself on the pitcher’s mound, his father will make it to see him play. But playing baseball means navigating relationships with the guys, and with Jordan, the only girl on the team—the player no one but Bilal wants to be friends with.
| Author | : Kirby Larson |
| Publisher | : Yearling |
| Total Pages | : 210 |
| Release | : 2012-05-08 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0375850899 |
I am Miss Kanagawa. In 1927, my 57 doll-sisters and I were sent from Japan to America as Ambassadors of Friendship. Our work wasn't all peach blossoms and tea cakes. My story will take you from New York to Oregon, during the Great Depression. Though few in this tale are as fascinating as I, their stories won't be an unpleasant diversion. You will make the acquaintance of Bunny, bent on revenge; Lois, with her head in the clouds; Willie Mae, who not only awakened my heart, but broke it; and Lucy, a friend so dear, not even war could part us. I have put this tale to paper because from those 58 Friendship Dolls only 45 remain. I know that someone who chooses this book is capable of solving the mystery of the missing sisters. Perhaps that someone is you.
| Author | : Andrea Cheng |
| Publisher | : HarperCollins |
| Total Pages | : 165 |
| Release | : 2012-05-22 |
| Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0547684576 |
In Chinese, peng you means friend. But in any language, all Anna knows for certain is that friendship is complicated. When Anna needs company, she turns to her books. Whether traveling through A Wrinkle in Time, or peering over My Side of the Mountain, books provide what real life cannot—constant companionship and insight into her changing world. Books, however, can’t tell Anna how to find a true friend. She’ll have to discover that on her own. In the tradition of classics like Maud Hart Lovelace’s Betsy-Tacy books and Eleanor Estes’ One Hundred Dresses, this novel subtly explores what it takes to make friends and what it means to be one.
| Author | : Susan Patron |
| Publisher | : Orchard Books (NY) |
| Total Pages | : 104 |
| Release | : 1993 |
| Genre | : Mothers and daughters |
| ISBN | : |
In the household is one mother (a waitress) and three daughters, PK's nightly job is to give five-year-old Rabbit a bath. Rabbit's job is "to get clean". Annd Megan's job--according to PK--is to be "almost a teenager" and a total pain. Together, the sisters ease past the rough edges of growing up--hormones, weird pancakes, and the riddle of the universe.
| Author | : Gail Jarrow |
| Publisher | : Astra Publishing House |
| Total Pages | : 178 |
| Release | : 2020-10-13 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1635923344 |
Acclaimed author Gail Jarrow, recipient of a 2019 Robert F. Sibert Honor Award, explores the science and grisly history of U.S. Civil War medicine, using actual medical cases and first-person accounts by soldiers, doctors, and nurses. The Civil War took the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans and left countless others with disabling wounds and chronic illnesses. Bullets and artillery shells shattered soldiers' bodies, while microbes and parasites killed twice as many men as did the battles. Yet from this tragic four-year conflict came innovations that enhanced medical care in the United States. With striking detail, this nonfiction book reveals battlefield rescues, surgical techniques, medicines, and patient care, celebrating the men and women of both the North and South who volunteered to save lives.
| Author | : Uma Krishnaswami |
| Publisher | : Groundwood Books Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 96 |
| Release | : 2016-09-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1554988101 |
Winner of the International Literacy Association Social Justice Literature Award An award-winning middle-grade novel about the power of grassroots activism and how kids can make a difference. Every day, nine-year-old Yasmin borrows a book from Book Uncle, a retired teacher who has set up a free lending library on the street corner. But when the mayor tries to shut down the rickety bookstand, Yasmin has to take her nose out of her book and do something. What can she do? The local elections are coming up, but she’s just a kid. She can’t even vote! Still, Yasmin has friends — her best friend, Reeni, and Anil, who even has a blue belt in karate. And she has family and neighbors. What’s more, she has an idea that came right out of the last book she borrowed from Book Uncle. So Yasmin and her friends get to work. Ideas grow like cracks in the sidewalk, and soon the whole effort is breezing along nicely... Or is it spinning right out of control? An energetic, funny and quirky story about community activism, friendship, and the love of books. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.2 Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
| Author | : Andrew Clements |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 280 |
| Release | : 2006-04-20 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1101200456 |
Winner of American Library Association Schneider Family Book Award! Bobby Phillips is an average fifteen-year-old-boy. Until the morning he wakes up and can't see himself in the mirror. Not blind, not dreaming-Bobby is just plain invisible. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to Bobby's new condition; even his dad the physicist can't figure it out. For Bobby that means no school, no friends, no life. He's a missing person. Then he meets Alicia. She's blind, and Bobby can't resist talking to her, trusting her. But people are starting to wonder where Bobby is. Bobby knows that his invisibility could have dangerous consequences for his family and that time is running out. He has to find out how to be seen again-before it's too late.
