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Skin We're In: Central Asia
God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy
"... at times like these, only the Small Things are ever said. The Big Things lurk unsaid inside..." (India)
Homeless Bird
by Gloria Whelan
After her sickly husband's quick death, Koly is abandoned in the widows village and is forced to support herself - at age 13. (India)
Iqbal
by Francesco D'Adamo
The fictionalized biography of thirteen-year-old Iqbal Masih. He received an international prize, traveled the world speaking about the horrors of children working in carpet factories, and was murdered when he returned home. (Pakistan)
Roller Birds of Rampur
by Indi Rama
Sheila Mehta, born in India but raised in London, goes back to her home in India at age 17 to sort out her beliefs and find a way to blend her British ways of thinking with her Indian upbrining. (East India) |
