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008    140324s2014    meu     d     000 1 eng   
010      2014011326 
020    9781410470874|q(hardcover) 
020    1410470873|q(hardcover) 
035    (OCoLC)874835579 
040    DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dOCLCO|dBTCTA|dOCLCO|dMPC|dC9Y|dYCC
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049    CKEA 
050 10 PS3569.H34287|bF36 2014b 
082 00 813/.54|223 
100 1  Sharma, Akhil,|d1971- 
245 10 Family life /|cAkhil Sharma. 
250    Large print edition. 
264  1 Waterville, Maine :|bThorndike Press,|c2014. 
264  4 |c©2014 
300    263 pages (large print) ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
340    |nlarge print.|2rda 
520    Ajay, eight years old, spends his afternoons playing 
       cricket in the streets of Delhi with his brother Birju, 
       four years older. They are about to leave for shiny new 
       life in America. Ajay anticipates, breathlessly, a world 
       of jet-packs and chewing-gum.  This promised land of 
       impossible riches and dazzling new technology is also a 
       land that views Ajay with suspicion and hostility; one 
       where he must rely on his big brother to tackle classroom 
       bullies. Birju, confident, popular, is the repository of 
       the family's hopes, and he spends every waking minute 
       studying for the exams that will mean entry to the Bronx 
       High School of Science, and reflected glory for them all. 
       When a terrible accident makes a mockery of that dream, 
       the family splinters. The boys' mother restlessly seeks 
       the help of pundits from the temple, while their father 
       retreats into silent despair -- and the bottle. Now Ajay 
       must find the strength of character to navigate this brave
       new American world, and the sorrows at home, on his own 
       terms. 
650  0 East Indians|zUnited States|vFiction. 
650  0 Immigrant children|vFiction. 
650  0 Brothers|vFiction. 
650  0 Families|vFiction. 
650  0 Life change events|vFiction. 
650  7 Families.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01728849 
650  7 Fathers and sons.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00921899 
650  7 Large type books.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00992678 
655  0 Large type books. 
655  7 Bildungsromans.|2gsafd 
655  7 Domestic fiction|2gsafd 
655  7 Fiction.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423787 
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