Category Archives: India
Diwali in My New Home by Shachi Kaushik, illustrated by Aishwarya Tandon
Diwali in My New Home by Shachi Kaushik, illustrated by Aishwarya Tandon. Beaming Books, 2022. 9781506484075 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Picture book What did you like about the book? Young … Continue reading
Thirst by Varsha Bajaj
Thirst by Varsha Bajaj. Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin, 2022. 9780593354391 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Realistic fiction What did you like about the book? Twelve-year-old Minni lives in the poorest part of … Continue reading
I Kick and I Fly by Ruchira Gupta
I Kick and I Fly by Ruchira Gupta. Scholastic, 2023. 9781338825091 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Paperback ARC Genre: Realistic fiction What did you like about the book? 14-year-old Heera is a … Continue reading
I’ll Go and Come Back by Rajani LaRocca, illustrated by Sara Palacios
I’ll Go and Come Back by Rajani LaRocca, illustrated by Sara Palacios. Candlewick Press, 2022. 9781536207170 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover picture book What did you like about the book? Jyoti and … Continue reading
Letters to Ammi by Aftab Yusuf Shaikh, photographs by Adrija Ghosh and Soumitra Ranade
Letters to Ammi by Aftab Yusuf Shaikh, photographs by Adrija Ghosh and Soumitra Ranade, Karadi Tales, c2019, 2020, 2022. 9788193388938 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3.5 Format: Hardcover What did you like about the book? … Continue reading
The Ivory Key by Akshaya Raman
The Ivory Key by Akshaya Raman. Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins, 2022. 9780358468332 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover Genre: Fantasy What did you like about the book? (Synopsis) Siblings in the royal … Continue reading
Tomatoes for Neela by Padma Lakshmi, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal
Tomatoes for Neela by Padma Lakshmi, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal. Viking, Penguin Random House, 2021. 9780593202708 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover picture book Genre: Realistic fiction What did you like about the … Continue reading
Tamarind and the Star of Ishtar by Jasbinder Bilan
Tamarind and the Star of Ishtar by Jasbinder Bilan. Chicken House, Scholastic, 2022. 9781338769432 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3 Format: ARC (publication April, 2022) Genre: Magical realism What did you like about the book? … Continue reading
Born Behind Bars by Padma Venkatraman
Born Behind Bars by Padma Venkatraman, Nancy Paulsen Books, 2021. 9780593112472 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Realistic fiction What did you like about the book? Nine-year-old Kabir was born in jail … Continue reading
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