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30 produkter
Little Bit Super
With Small Powers Come Big Problems
Av Gary D. Schmidt, Leah Henderson m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
97 kr
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In these hilarious stories by some of the top authors of middle grade fiction today, each young character is coping with a minor superpower—while also discovering their power to change themselves and their community, find their voice, and celebrate what makes them unique.Everyone knows that …
Monsoon Summer
E-bok, 2007
79 kr
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Jasmine “Jazz” Gardner heads off to India during the monsoon season. The family trip is her mother’s doing: Mrs. Gardner wants to volunteer at the orphanage that cared for her when she was young. But going to India isn’t Jazz’s idea of a great summer vacation. She wants no part of her mother’s …
The Not-So-Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen
Häftad, 2005
146 kr
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As Indian culture continues to curry the movies, music, and literature of American culture, the time is perfect to re-introduce this Indian-themed novel about a young girl's heart-felt attempt to straddle her two worlds. Like any other eighth grader, smart and spunky Sunita Sen just wants to fit …
Home Is in Between
Inbunden, 2021, 3-6 år
287 kr
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Shanti and her parents say goodbye to the monsoon rains in their Indian village. They move to a snowy town on the other side of the world. At first, it isn't easy for Shanti to be new. Back and forth she trudges between her family's Bengali traditions and her new country's culture. Again and again, …
Forward Me Back to You
Inbunden, 2019
276 kr
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The highly anticipated next YA novel from the author of National Book Award-nominated You Bring the Distant Near explores new love, tenuous friendships, and the dark underworld of human trafficking.
Hope in the Valley
E-bok, 2023
138 kr
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Hope in the Valley , from National Book Award Nominee Mitali Perkins, is a middle-grade novel exploring grief, friendship, family, and growing up in a community facing a housing crisis. Twelve-year-old Indian-American Pandita Paul doesn''t like change. She''s not ready to start middle school and …
Between My Hands
Inbunden, 2024, 3-6 år
283 kr
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What’s between your handswhen you namaste the world?Maya is only three days into summer vacation and already bored. Outside her window, the street is full of neighbours. Coming and going. Earning and spending. Fixing and mending. Everyone has something to do - everyone’s hands are busy.Except …
Secret Keeper
E-bok, 2009
79 kr
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When her father loses his job and leaves India to look for work in America, Asha Gupta, her older sister, Reet, and their mother must wait with Baba’s brother and his family, as well as their grandmother, in Calcutta. Uncle is welcoming, but in a country steeped in tradition, the three women must …
Bare Tree and Little Wind
A Story for Holy Week
Inbunden, 2022
267 kr
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A lyrical, captivating retelling of the Palm Sunday and Easter story from National Book Award nominee Mitali Perkins, author of Rickshaw Girl, that is sure to become a beloved tradition for families of faith. Little Wind and the trees of Jerusalem can't wait for Real King to visit. But Little Wind …
First Daughter: White House Rules
E-bok, 2008
147 kr
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In First Daughter: Extreme American Makeover , Sameera showed the United States it was ready for a Pakistani-born First Daughter. With her brains and bravado, she helped her dad win the presidential election. Now she’s living in the White House . Fabulous! Right? Actually, it’s no fairy tale. The …
Hope in the Valley
Häftad, 2025
109 kr
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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, …
Open Mic
Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices
Ljudbok, 2013
149 kr
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Using humor as the common denominator, a multicultural cast of YA authors steps up to the mic to share stories touching on race. Listen in as ten YA authors—some familiar, some new—use their own brand of humor to share their stories about growing up between cultures. Henry Choi Lee discovers that …
Steeped in Stories
Timeless Children's Novels to Refresh Our Tired Souls
Inbunden, 2021
178 kr
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The stories we read as children shape us for the rest of our lives. But it is never too late to discover that transformative spark of hope that children's classics can ignite within us. Award-winning children's author Mitali Perkins grew up steeped in stories--escaping into her books on the fire …
Just Making
A Guide for Compassionate Creatives
Inbunden, 2025
168 kr
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From award-winning author Mitali Perkins comes an essential companion for writers, artists, and other creatives who long for a more just world. Why should we make art while injustice and suffering wreak havoc? How can we justify making beautiful things? Author Mitali Perkins isn't afraid of hard …
Doing Something New
A Prayer for Beginnings
E-bok, 2026
201 kr
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Jesus, now I come to you,at the start of something new . . .Children all encounter change differently. And whether a new year, a new school, a new neighborhood, or a new team, change can be hard.Through Doing Something New, award-winning author Mitali Perkins reminds kids that wherever they go and …
Rickshaw Girl
Häftad, 2008
109 kr
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The moving and critically acclaimed story of a young, artistic Bangladeshi girl who bravely defies tradition in order to support her family through hard times. Naima is a talented painter of traditional alpana patterns, which Bangladeshi women and girls paint on their houses for special …
Bamboo People
Häftad, 2012, 12-15 år
146 kr
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Top Ten ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults Junior Library Guild Selection Starred Reviews in Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal BookPage ’s “Top Ten Middle Grade Novels” A refugee and child soldier challenge the rules of war in this coming-of-age novel set against the political and …
Tiger Boy
Häftad, 2017
97 kr
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“One of the new tiger cubs has escaped from the reserve!” When a tiger cub escapes from a nature reserve near Neel’s island village, the rangers and villagers hurry to find her before the cub’s anxious mother follows suit and endangers them all. Mr. Gupta, a rich newcomer to the island, is also …
Golden Necklace
A Darjeeling Tea Mystery
Av Mitali Perkins, Maithili Joshi
Inbunden, 2025
181 kr
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National Book Award nominee Mitali Perkins crafts a contemporary chapter-book mystery about a 12-year-old Nepali girl who sets out to solve the disappearance of her Bengali friend's missing jewelry. Set within a tea plantation in Darjeeling, 7-10-year-old readers are transported across the world to …
Golden Necklace
A Darjeeling Tea Mystery
Av Mitali Perkins, Maithili Joshi
Häftad, 2026
146 kr
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Now in paperback! National Book Award nominee Mitali Perkins crafts a contemporary chapter-book mystery about a 12-year-old Nepali girl who sets out to solve the disappearance of her Bengali friend's missing jewelry. Set within a tea plantation in Darjeeling, 7-10-year-old readers are transported …
Between Us and Abuela
A Family Story from the Border
Inbunden, 2019, 3-6 år
227 kr
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It's almost time for Christmas, and Maria is travelling with her mother and younger brother, Juan, to visit their grandmother on the border of California and Mexico.For the few minutes they can share together along the fence, Maria and her brother plan to exchange stories and Christmas gifts with …
Between Us and Abuela
A Family Story from the Border
Häftad, 2023, 3-6 år
122 kr
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It's almost time for Christmas, and Maria is traveling with her mother and younger brother, Juan, to visit their grandmother on the border of California and Mexico.For the few minutes they can share together along the fence, Maria and her brother plan to exchange stories and Christmas gifts with …
