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Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Description
When an archaeologist in India finds a magical stone, becomes an evil rakshasa, and begins turning the villagers into zombies, Pi is called upon for help--but soon it seems everyone around her, including the other members of the Kid Squad, are also zombies and she must find the solution on her own.
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 65
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Asked by a Bollywood star for help protecting a valuable ruby, Geronimo Stilton and Hercule Poirat are inadvertently cast in the actress's film in spite of limited acting skills and are horrified when an anonymous thief makes off with the ruby.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Spring is here, and it's almost time for Holi, the Indian Festival of Colors. Siblings Mintoo and Chintoo are busy gathering flowers to make into colorful powders to toss during the festival. And when at last the big day comes, they gather with their friends, family, and neighbors for a vibrant celebration of fresh starts, friendship, forgiveness, and, of course, fun!
45) It is a tree
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
In this retelling of the fable from India, blindfolded children at a party play a guessing game.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
Description
"In 1857 India, 12-year-old Meera escapes a life she has no say in--and certain death on her husband's funeral pyre--only to end up a servant to a British general in the East India Company. When a rebellion against British colonizers spreads, she must choose between relative safety in a British household or standing up for herself and her people"--
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Description
"It's Friday night, and on the bustling streets of Mumbai, a girl heads out with her family to the cinema. As she rides through the winding blocks with her maa, baba, and bhai, old melodies fill the car. And as she captures the sights and sounds of the city with her camera, she imagines a movie unfolding before her eyes. A choreographed dance sequence atop a long line of cars! When they arrive at the screening, the room is abuzz with people from all...
50) Child of spring
Author
Pub. Date
[2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Description
In India, young Basanta struggles to accept her role as servant to a temperamental rich girl while dreaming of having a beautiful ring of her own.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Minni lives in the poorest part of Mumbai, where access to water is limited to a few hours a day and the communal taps have long lines. Lately, though, even that access is being threatened by severe water shortages and thieves, who steal this precious commodity--an act Minni accidentally witnesses one night. Meanwhile, in the high-rise building where she started to work, water streams out of every faucet; there's even a rooftop swimming pool! Minni...
Author
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Updated version of "The Story of Little Black Sambo," in which the characters have been given authentic Indian names in keeping with the setting, telling of Little Babaji who loses his fine new clothes to a quartet of tigers, but gets them back when the tigers get into a fight over which of them is the grandest.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"Each of the three seeds in this story--a cherry seed in the Middle East, an acacia seed in Australia, and a lotus seed in Asia--survives a difficult journey through flood, fire, or drought, then sprouts (in the case of the lotus seed, a hundred years later) and flourishes. To author Stephie Morton, nature's powerful forces are a metaphor for the hardships faced by displaced children. Kids, like seeds, thrive when given a chance." --book jacket
Author
Series
Sona Sharma volume 1
Pub. Date
2021, c2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Sona Sharma's house is full of people who joke often and argue sometimes. Relatives come unannounced, the phone rings frequently and friends drop in all the time. Then one day Amma tells Sona she is going to have a baby. Is that good? Sona isn't sure -- she has always enjoyed being an only child -- and straight away she has a word with her best friend, Elephant. When Sona learns that there will be a baby naming ceremony, she is determined to find...
55) Sugar in milk
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
A young immigrant girl joins her aunt and uncle in a new country that is unfamiliar to her. She struggles with loneliness, with a fierce longing for the culture and familiarity of home, until one day, her aunt takes her on a walk. As the duo strolls through their city park, the girl's aunt begins to tell her an old myth, and a story within the story begins.
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