| No Ordinary Day Contributor(s): Ellis, Deborah (Author) |
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ISBN: 1554981344 ISBN-13: 9781554981342 Publisher: Groundwood Books OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats 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: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 7.6" (0.54 lbs) 144 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. The only sight that fills her with terror is the monsters who live on the other side of the train tracks the lepers. When Valli discovers that that her aunt is a stranger who was paid money to take Valli off her own 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 a chance encounter with a doctor reveals that she has leprosy. Unable to bear the thought that she is one of the monsters she has always feared, Valli rejects help and begins an uncertain life on the street." |