12 year old girl
1980s
A01=Mitali Perkins
Author_Mitali Perkins
Category=YFN
coming of age
debut middle grade
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friendship
gentrification
grief
growing up
historical
homelessness
housing crisis
housing inequality
identity
immigration
indian american
middle school
national book award finalist
parent loss
silicon valley
singing
sisters
summer
theater
Product details
- ISBN 9781250793904
- Weight: 236g
- Dimensions: 134 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 19 May 2025
- Publisher: Palgrave USA
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 space: the abandoned but majestic mansion across the street.
But then the unthinkable happens. The town announces that the old home will be bulldozed in favour 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.
Mitali Perkins has written several books for young readers, including Between Us and Abuela, Forward Me Back to You,You Bring the Distant Near (a National Book Award Nominee, a Walter Honor Book, a South Asia Book Award Winner, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, and a Shelf Awareness 2017 Best Book of the Year), Rickshaw Girl (a NYPL Top 100 Book), and Bamboo People (an ALA Top 10 YA novel). Mitali was born in India and currently resides in Northern California. www.mitaliperkins.com
