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Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
Description
"In 1857 India, 12-year-old Meera escapes a life she has no say in--and certain death on her husband's funeral pyre--only to end up a servant to a British general in the East India Company. When a rebellion against British colonizers spreads, she must choose between relative safety in a British household or standing up for herself and her people"--
Author
Series
Max Einstein volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Max Einstein's typical day is not your average 12-year-old's. She... - TEACHES classes at a New York college - Dodges KIDNAPPING attempts with her best friends - Goes on SECRET MISSIONS for her billionaire boss - Has a MYSTERIOUS CONNECTION to Albert Einstein Just a day in the life of the Change Makers Institute's top agent! A village outside Mumbai is having a water crisis that only a group of kid geniuses can fix - so Max and her friends travel...
Author
Series
Dolphin diaries volume 10
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Jody McGrath goes to the mouth of the Ganges River in Bangladesh to study a rare species of dolphin. When her favorite dolphin disappears, she investigates to see if it has been taken by poachers.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Eleven-year-old Dini loves movies, and so when she learns that her family is moving to India for two years, her devastation over leaving her best friend in Maryland is tempered by the possibility of meeting her favorite actress, Dolly Singh.
85) The Jungle Book
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Series
Formats
Description
A young man-cub, raised by wolves in the Indian jungles, has a series of adventures on his journey back to the man village. Adapted from the Disney movie.
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...
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
Mowgli returns to the jungle for some fun with Baloo, and finds that Shere Khan is still on the hunt for him. When Shanti comes looking for him he must try to protect his friend, and decide if he wants to remain in the jungle or return to the village.
Now that Mowgli's living in the "man-village," he cherishes his new best friend and little brother, but he still has that jungle rhythm in his heart. He misses hanging out with happy-go-lucky Baloo...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
In the ancient Indian kingdom of Kasmira, stories don’t begin with “once upon a time.” Instead, Kasmiris start a woman’s story with those who came before her: her parents, grandparents, ancestors. For fourteen-year-old Reya Kandhari, her story always starts the same: with the fabled line of Bookweavers, tracing centuries back to the lost Yogis—the mythical guardians of Kasmiri culture who created the world itself. As a result, Reya’s...
89) The jungle book
Pub. Date
2000, 1995
Description
Presents the adventures of Mowgli, a young boy raised by the animals in an Indian jungle, as well as other animal stories and songs.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
A young girl explores the vibrant rainbow of items for sale in a southern Indian street market as she searches for a gift for her mother. Includes facts about the items mentioned and markets around the world, as well as photographs taken by the author in her hometown of Chennai, India.