Region: Bangladesh

Ask Me No Questions

By importer | Published: October 1, 2009
Nadira and her family are illegal aliens, fleeing to the Canadian border — running from the country they thought was their home. For years since emigrating from Bangladesh, they have lived on expired visas in New York City, hoping they could someday realize their dream of becoming legal citizens of the United States. But after [...]
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Rickshaw Girl

By nersum | Published: June 11, 2007
In her Bangladesh village, ten-year-old Naimi excels at painting designs called alpanas, but to help her impoverished family financially she would have to be a boy or disguise herself as one. Bangladesh is a country in South Asia surrounded by India.
Other Descriptors: Asia, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8), Realistic Fiction » Themes: , , , , » Comments closed

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