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Author Venkatraman, Padma.

Title Climbing the stairs / Padma Venkatraman.

Imprint New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 PCMS Historical Fiction  F VENKATRAMAN    ---  Available
Description 247 p. ; 21 cm.
Indexed In: ALA Booklist
ALA Best Book For Young Adults
Horn Book
Publishers Weekly
Summary In India, in 1941, when her father becomes brain-damaged in a non-violent protest march, fifteen-year-old Vidya and her family are forced to move in with her father's extended family and become accustomed to a totally different way of life.
Audience 4.8 Perma-Bound Books.
7-12 Perma-Bound Books.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR 4.8 7.0 122419.
Subject Family life -- India -- Fiction.
Prejudices -- Fiction.
Brain damage -- Fiction.
Family life -- India -- Fiction.
Prejudices -- Fiction.
Brain damage -- Fiction.
India -- History -- British occupation, 1790-1947 -- Fiction.
India -- History -- 1790-1947, British occupation -- Fiction.
Genre/Form Historical fiction.
ISBN 0399247467 : $17.86

 
    
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