Summary
“A compassionate story of homelessness and friendship, recycled art and community.” —Kirkus Reviews
Twelve-year-old Ram is a street boy living behind a sign on a building’s rooftop, barely scraping by, winning games of gilli for money, occasionally given morsels of food through the kindness of Mr. Singh, a professor and father of his friend Daya.
But his prowess at gilli (an outdoor game similar to cricket) is what gets him into big trouble. One day,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781442468283 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1442468289 |
| Author: | Jennifer Bradbury |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Atheneum |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2018 |
| Weight: | 254g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 130mm x 194mm |
| Audience Age: | 8-12 |
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Jennifer Bradbury
Jennifer Bradbury is the author of the middle grade novel River Runs Deep and of several critically acclaimed young adult novels, including, Take, A Moment Comes, Wrapped, and her debut, Shift—which Kirkus Reviews called “fresh, absorbing, compelling” in a starred review. Shift was picked as an ALA and a School Library Journal Best Book for Young Adults and is also on numerous state reading lists. She is also a rock climber and teacher in Burlington, Washington, where she lives with her family.
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