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1) Sold
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
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Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her poor mountain home in Nepal thinking that she is to work in the city as a maid only to find that she has been sold into the sex slave trade in India and that there is no hope of escape.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Description
"To cure her post-senior year slump, made worse by the loss of her aunt Sonia, Noreen decides to follow her mom on a gap year trip to New Delhi, hoping India can lessen her grief and bring her voice back. In the world's most polluted city, Noreen soon meets kind, handsome Kabir, who introduces her to the wonders of this magical, complicated place. With the help of Kabir - plus Bollywood celebrities, fourteenth-century ruins, karaoke parties, and...
Author
Pub. Date
c2022.
Description
"Ayesha is a world away from home when she meets the boy of her dreams. Like her, Suresh is from India but going to high school in Illinois. Once they get together, they are inseparable... until a twist of fate takes Suresh back to India right when Ayesha discovers she's pregnant. Suddenly she feels she's on her own, navigating the biggest decision she'll ever make. Seventeen years later, Ayesha's daughter Mira finds an old box with letters addressed...
4) Pashmina
Author
Pub. Date
©2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
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Indian-American teen, Priyanka "Pri" Das, attempts to reconnect with her mother's homeland through a magical pashmina shawl. Presented in comic book format. Priyanka Das has so many unanswered questions: Why did her mother abandon her home in India years ago? What was it like there? And most importantly, who is her father, and why did her mom leave him behind? But Pri's mom avoids these questions and the topic of India is permanently closed. For Pri,...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Avril Santana is about to turn fifteen and has not kissed anyone. Despite being a pretty and extremely intelligent girl, she has preferred to stay away from everyone because her mother is going through a marital crisis, Avril seeks refuge in CASI: the Club of Outstanding Misfits from her school, where she meets her best friend, Benjamin Wolinski who will suffer discrimination and bullying after discovering he is gay. Then Avril and Benjamin join Mariana...
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