A Junior Library Guild Selection 2017
Amazon Top Twenty Children's Book of the Year 2017
Amazon Best Book of the month December 2017
Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2017
Texas Maverick Graphic Novel 2017
Northern California Indie Bookseller Association Long-List Title
Priyanka Das has so many unanswered questions: Why did her mother
abandon her home in India years ago? What was it like there? And most
importantly, who is her father, and why did her mom leave him behind?
But Pri's mom avoids these questions--the topic of India is permanently
closed.
For Pri, her mother's homeland can only exist in her imagination. That
is, until she find a mysterious pashmina tucked away in a forgotten
suitcase. When she wraps herself in it, she is transported to a place
more vivid and colorful than any guidebook or Bollywood film. But is
this the real India? And what is that shadow lurking in the background?
To learn the truth, Pri must travel farther than she's ever dared and
find the family she never knew.
In this heartwarming graphic novel debut, Nidhi Chanani weaves a tale
about the hardship and self-discovery that is born from juggling two
cultures and two worlds.
This title has Common Core connections.