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A young immigrant girl joins her aunt and uncle in a new country that is unfamiliar to her. She struggles with loneliness, with a fierce longing for the culture and familiarity of home, until one day, her aunt takes her on a walk. As the duo strolls through their city park, the girl's aunt begins to...

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Main Author: Umrigar, Thrity N.
Other Authors: Le, Khoa, 1982-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : RP Kids, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Immigrants > Juvenile fiction.
Loneliness in children > Juvenile fiction.
Iranians > Foreign countries > Juvenile fiction.
Kings and rulers > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:A young immigrant girl joins her aunt and uncle in a new country that is unfamiliar to her. She struggles with loneliness, with a fierce longing for the culture and familiarity of home, until one day, her aunt takes her on a walk. As the duo strolls through their city park, the girl's aunt begins to tell her an old myth, and a story within the story begins.--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations
ISBN:0762495197
9780762495191
Author Notes:Thrity Umrigar is an Indian-American writer, who was born in Mumbai. She received her Bachelors of Science from Bombay University. She immigrated to the United States when she was 21.She then went on to earn her M.A. From Ohio State and her Phd from Kent State University. She is a journalist and the author of the novels Bombay Time, The Space Between Us and The Weight of Heaven. She has written for the Washington Post, Cleveland Plain Dealer, among other newspapers, and regularly writes for The Boston Globe 's book pages. She is currently assistant professor of English at Case Western Reserve University where she teaches creative writing and literature. She was a winner of the Nieman Fellowship to Harvard University. She has a Ph.D. in English and lives in Cleveland, Ohio. Her title Space Between Us made The New York Times Best Seller List for 2011.

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