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Bringing ASHA Home
Contributor(s): Krishnaswami, Uma (Author), Akib, Jamel (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1620142252     ISBN-13: 9781620142257
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
OUR PRICE:   $10.76  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2006
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Asian American
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Adoption
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Emigration & Immigration
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Measure: 560
Physical Information: 0.2" H x 7.8" W x 10.3" (0.30 lbs) 32 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Asian
- Cultural Region - Indian
- Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural
- Topical - Adoption
- Topical - Family
- Cultural Region - Asian
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 110960
Reading Level: 3.0   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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Publisher Description:

Choices, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College

A biracial Asian Indian American boy finds his own special way to bond with his sister while the family awaits her adoption from India.

It's Rakhi, the Hindu holiday special to brothers and sisters, and Arun wishes he had a sister with whom to celebrate. Soon it looks as if his wish will come true. His parents are going to adopt a baby girl named Asha. She is coming all the way from India, where Arun's dad was born.

The family prepares for Asha's arrival, not knowing it will be almost a year until they receive governmental approval to bring Asha home. Arun is impatient and struggles to accept the long delay, but as time passes he finds his own special ways to build a bond with his sister, who is still halfway around the world.

With warmth and honesty, this tender story taps into the feelings of longing, love and joy that adoption brings to many families. Readers will find reassurance knowing there is more than one way to become part of a loving family.

Contributor Bio(s): Krishnaswami, Uma: -

UMA KRISHNASWAMI is the author of more than twenty books for young readers. She teaches in the low-residency MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults, Vermont College of Fine Arts. Born in New Delhi, India, Krishnaswami now lives and writes in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.