Hope in the valley, Mitali Perkins
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Hope in the valley, Mitali Perkins
Language
eng
Index
no index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
Ages 8-12, Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
resource.interestGradeLevel
Grades 4-6, Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Hope in the valley
Oclc number
1335403690
Responsibility statement
Mitali Perkins
Summary
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 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 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
Target audience
pre adolescent
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Subject
- Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Social problem fiction
- Neighborhoods -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / New Experience
- East Indian Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Change -- Juvenile fiction
- Grief -- Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Adolescence & Coming of Age
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- Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Social problem fiction
- Neighborhoods -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / New Experience
- East Indian Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Change -- Juvenile fiction
- Grief -- Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Adolescence & Coming of Age
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