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Ravi has just moved to the United States from India and has always been at the top of his class; Joe has lived in the same town his whole life and has learning problems--but when their lives intersect in the first week of fifth grade they are brought together by a common enemy (the biggest bully in their class) and the need to take control of their lives.

A picture book biography of Jadav Payeng who as a boy was distressed by the destruction deforestation and erosion in India's Brahmaputra River region, so he began planting trees. What began as a small thicket of bamboo, grew into a thriving 1,300 acre forest filled with native plants and animals.

For Pri, her mother's homeland can only exist in her imagination. That is, until she find a mysterious pashmina tucked away in a forgotten suitcase.

From 1965 through the present, an Indian American family adjusts to life in New York City, alternately fending off and welcoming challenges to their own traditions.

A biography of Mahatma Gandhi that focuses on his years after leaving South Africa and his struggle to deliver India from British rule.

Sixteen-year-old Susan is the new girl in her Canadian high school, striving to meet her parents' academic expectations, missing the friends she left behind in Saudi Arabia, dreaming of pursuing her passion for art, and secretly meeting with troublemaker Malcolm.

Having just moved from India to Los Angeles for two years, sixteen-year-old Shalini struggles to fit in at school and to keep house for her clinically-depressed mother, but the real challenge comes when she begins falling in love with an American boy despite being engaged since the age of three. Includes glossary.

Explores the life of Mohandas Gandhi, civil disobedience and freedom rights activist.

"Mahatma Gandhi's commitment to peace and nonviolent resistance helped to secure India's independence, and came at a great personal cost. Gandhi's writings and protests, including the famed 1930 Salt March, have served as a blueprint for activists who recognize the power of peaceful protest. This book reveals Gandhi's story and includes historical information about Gandhi's effect on India and South Africa"--Amazon.com.

Ravi has just moved to the United States from India and has always been at the top of his class; Joe has lived in the same town his whole life and has learning problems--but when their lives intersect in the first week of fifth grade they are brought together by a common enemy (the biggest bully in their class) and the need to take control of their lives.