| No Ordinary Day Contributor(s): Ellis, Deborah (Author) |
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ISBN: 1554981085 ISBN-13: 9781554981083 Publisher: Groundwood Books OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Asia - Juvenile Fiction | Health & Daily Living - Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Homelessness & Poverty |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 580 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5" W x 7.4" (0.35 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 146332 Reading Level: 4.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Even though Valli spends her days picking coal and fighting with her cousins, life in the coal town of Jharia, India, is the only life she knows. She's filled with terror when she glimpses the monsters living on the other side of the train tracks -- the lepers. When Valli discovers that her "aunt" is a stranger who was paid to take Valli off her family's hands, she leaves Jharia and begins a series of adventures that takes her to Kolkata, the city of the gods. Valli finds that she really doesn't need much to live and is very resourceful. But when a chance encounter with a doctor reveals that she has leprosy will Valli be able to face life as one of the monsters she has always feared, or flee to an uncertain life on the street? |