Because her mother had been forced to sell the family’s Diwali lamps to buy rice, Premlata’s family is too poor to celebrate the Festival of Lights, until she comes up with an ingenious scheme to bring light and hope to her family.
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Chlo
When attention must be paid to her little sister’s birthday, Giselle, who lives with her family in France, makes inappropriate gift suggestions and almost spoils the big day. Based on the author’s childhood memories.
The Valley Between
Bruno Gunther is a feisty 14-year old immigrant, growing up in a small farming community in South Australia during the 1930s. While his stern German father preaches hard work, Bruno is constantly tempted into mischief.
I Am Too Absolutely Small For School
When Lola is worried about starting school, her older brother Charlie reassures her.
The Actual Real Reality Of Jennifer James
While competing on a reality television show being filmed at her English high school, shy and bookish Jennifer James records her experiences in her diary.
The Killick: A Newfoundland Story
At the beginning of spring, George and his grandfather sail to a small island off the coast of Newfoundland to visit George’s grandmother’s grave, but on the way back a storm comes up and the two of them are forced to take shelter on the ice.
Grandpa’s Slippers
Grandma tries to throw away Grandpa’s comfortable old slippers, but he manages to stop her each time. When they finally fall apart he discovers the new slippers aren’t so bad after all.
The Treasures of Trinkamalee
With the background of The Arabian Nights, this book deals with themes of young men’s folly, greed, adventure, crime and punishment. An old man narrates how years earlier he and friends set out to see the world and to find riches to bring home.
The Opposite
Nate wakes up one morning to find The Opposite standing on his bedroom ceiling, and it causes him trouble at home and at school, changing what Nate wants to do into its opposite, until Nate finds a way to outwit it.
The Bears’ Famous Invasion Of Sicily
In search of food, Leander, King of the Bears, leads his subjects from their safe caves in the mountains of Sicily to the valley where they triumph over many enemies.