| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
291 pages, 6 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm |
| Audience |
Ages 8-12 Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers. |
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Grades 4-6 Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers. |
| Summary |
Twelve-year-old Indian-American Pandita Paul deals with change, grief, friendship, and growing up in a community facing a housing crisis. |
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Twelve-year-old Indian-American Pandita Paul doesn't like change. She's not ready to start middle school and leave the comforts of childhood behind. Most of all, Pandita doesn't want to feel like she's leaving her mother, who died a few years ago, behind. After a falling out with her best friend, Pandita is planning to spend most of her summer break reading and writing in her favorite secret space: the abandoned but majestic mansion across the street. But then the unthinkable happens. The town announces that the old home will be bulldozed in favor of new, and maybe affordable, housing. With her family on opposing sides of the issue, Pandita must find her voice and the strength to move on in order to give her community hope. |
| Subject |
East Indian Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
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Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
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Grief -- Juvenile fiction.
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Change -- Juvenile fiction.
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Neighborhoods -- Juvenile fiction.
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Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction.
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East Indian Americans -- Fiction.
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Friendship -- Fiction.
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Grief -- Fiction.
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Neighborhoods -- Fiction.
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Self-actualization -- Fiction.
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JUVENILE FICTION / General.
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| Genre/Form |
Children's stories.
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Novels. (OCoLC)fst01921742
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Social problem fiction.
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Psychological fiction.
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Novels.
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| ISBN |
9780374388515 (hardcover) |
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0374388512 (hardcover) |
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