Narsimhan, Mahtab

Looks at the real-life superpower of honesty and explains how you can use honesty every day to make the world a better place.

Looks at the real-life superpower of fairness and explains how you can use fairness every day to make the world a better place.

"Eshana is a bit of a social misfit. She feels more comfortable talking to people online than in person. One day she discovers a website that claims to make users' dreams come true. Eshana starts talking with someone called Wise One on the site and admits to them how hard it is to make friends. So she is very surprised the next day at school when suddenly everyone wants to talk to her. But then, after telling Wise One about a girl who has been bullying her, something terrible happens. Are Eshana's wishes really coming true? is it worth the cost?"--Provided by publisher.

"Anika has recently emigrated from India and is having a difficult time adjusting to life in a new country, not to mention life in a new school. Remembering the advice her grandmother gave her, she prays to Lord Ganesh, the Hindu elephant god. But Lord Ganesh is slow to respond and Anika takes to the internet to attract his attention. When her problems begin to resolve themselves, she can breathe a sigh of relief. But has Lord Ganesh truly been helping her, or has she been relying on her own inner wisdom all along? This is a sweet and witty story about staying true to one's beliefs and finding strength in unlikely places."--Back cover.

". . . an 8-year-old girl confronts a bully with the help of a genie she discovers has been living in a spice bottle her grandmother left her"--Provided by publisher.

"This is the story of two classmates who love all the same things: building tall block towers and knocking them down. Strawberry jam on toast. Jumping into big puddles in their matching boots. The narrator and his best friend, Jamal, might as well be twins--they have so much in common! And they always stick together. When Jamal gets a haircut, his best friend gets his cut the same way. They're sure their teacher will never be able to tell them apart. The . . . illustrations eventually reveal that the boys each have a different skin color"--Provided by publisher.

"In this high-interest novel for middle readers, Shivani is horrified when her mother volunteers to cook traditional indian food for her school's annual fundraiser"--Publisher provided.

Jumping at the chance to escape his parents' constant fighting, aspiring photographer Dylan Moore accompanies his best friend, Rohit Lal, on a family vacation to India, where he hopes to have many exciting adventures. However, being a New Yorker in Mumbai is not easy, and when Rohit's family begins bickering, Dylan and Rohit will have to find a way to repair their friendship and fulfill an epic quest.

A young village girl sets out to find her missing mother and grandfather, who is her village's true healer, before Zarku, the new healer destroys everyone in the village.

Tara will need her silver anklet and a healthy dose of self-confidence in order to defeat Zarku, her nemesis with the third eye, who is hunting Tara while she and her companions from the local fair in Morni attempt to rescue Tara's brother, Suraj, from hyenas.