Padma Venkatraman

• May-2008
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A remarkable debut novel set in India that shows one girl's struggle for independence. During World War II and the last days of British occupation in India, fifteen-year-old Vidya dreams of attending college. But when her forward-thinking father i...

• Aug-2011
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From the acclaimed author of Climbing the Stairs comes a fascinating story set on a remote island untouched by time. Uido is ecstatic about becoming her tribe's spiritual leader, but her new position brings her older brother's jealousy and her best f...

• May-2014
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Padma Venkatraman’s inspiring story of a young girl’s struggle to regain her passion and find a new peace is told lyrically through verse that captures the beauty and mystery of India and the ancient bharatanatyam dance form. This is a stunning n...

• Feb-2019
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OLIVER TWIST meets SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE in this tale of homeless children trying to make a life for themselves in Chennai, India. When Viji and her sister, Rukku, whose developmental disability makes her overly trusting and vulnerable to the perils...

• Sep-2021
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“Venkatraman has never met a heavy theme she did not like....Borrowing elements of fable, it's told with a recurring sense of awe by a boy whom the world, for most of his life, has existed only in stories.” -- New York Times Book Review The autho...

• Jan-2025
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An uplifting novel in verse about an immigrant girl adjusting to life in the US through her love of nature, music, and poetry, by the award-winning author of The Bridge HomeWhen Geetha and her mom move from India to Rhode Island after her parents’ ...