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Author Venkatraman, Padma, 1969- author.

Title Born behind bars / Padma Venkatraman.

Publication Info. New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2023]
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 Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Fiction  J VENKATRAMAN    Check Shelf
Edition First paperback edition.
Description 265, 12 pages ; 20 cm
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Audience Ages 10 up. Nancy Paulsen Books.
720L lexile.
Study Program Accelerated Reader MG 4.5 5.0.
Summary Kabir has been in jail since the day he was born because his mom is serving time for a crime she didn't commit. Their cellmates are his only friends, and he's never even met his dad. The one place he feels a little bit free is the prison classroom, where his teacher delights him with stories of the outside world's wonders. When the new warden announces that Kabir is too old to stay, he's suddenly released--without his mom--to fend for himself on the city streets of Chennai. Fortunately, Rani, another street kid, takes him under her wing and helps him eke out a living, even sharing the tree she calls home. Plotting their futures is difficult and dangerous in a world that doesn't value low-caste kids like them, but Rani has enough confidence for two, plus a trusty slingshot that comes in handy for hunting meals and handling bullies. This isn't quite the life Kabir dreamed of; still, he's discovered he's not the type to give up. Justice needs to be served, and he's determined to show the world that he--and his mom--deserve a place in it. -- From dust jacket.
Subject Prisoners' families -- Juvenile fiction.
Homeless persons -- Juvenile fiction.
Street children -- Juvenile fiction.
India -- Juvenile fiction.
Prisoners' families -- Fiction.
Homeless persons -- Fiction.
Street children -- Fiction.
India -- Fiction.
JUVENILE FICTION -- People & Places -- Asia.
JUVENILE FICTION -- Social Themes -- Homelessness & Poverty.
JUVENILE FICTION -- Social Themes -- New Experience.
Homeless persons. (OCoLC)fst00959445
Prisoners' families. (OCoLC)fst01077260
Street children. (OCoLC)fst01134655
India. (OCoLC)fst01210276
Genre/Form Children's stories.
Fictional Work (DNLM)D022922
Novels. (OCoLC)fst01921742
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Social problem fiction. (OCoLC)fst01982507
Social problem fiction.
Novels.
Added Author Bricking, Jennifer, illustrator.
ISBN 9780593112496
0593112490
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