| Anita and Me Contributor(s): Syal, Meera (Author) |
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ISBN: 1565845293 ISBN-13: 9781565845299 Publisher: New Press OUR PRICE: $15.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1999 Annotation: The prizewinning coming-of-age novel about a young Indian girl in Northern England. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.6" W x 8.06" (0.80 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1960's - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Anita and Me, which has been compared to To Kill a Mockingbird, tells the story of Meena, the daughter of the only Punjabi family in the British village of Tollington. With great warmth and humor, Meera Syal brings to life a quirky, spirited 1960s mining town and creates in her protagonist what the Washington Post calls a female Huck Finn. The novel follows nine-year-old Meena through a year spiced with pilfered sweets and money, bad words, and compulsive, yet inventive, lies. Anita and Me offers a fresh, sassy look at a childhood caught between two cultures. |