It is 1984, and fifteen-year-old Maya is on her way to India with her father. She carries with her the ashes of her mother, who recently committed suicide, and arrives in Delhi on the eve of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination.
Maya is separated from her father and must rely upon the mysterious, kindhearted Sandeep to safely reunite them. As her love for Sandeep begins to blossom, Maya must face the truth about her painful adolescence...if she's ever to imagine her future.
Cathy Ostlere (www.cathyostlere.com) is the author of Lost: A Memoir, which was short-listed for the 2009 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction. She lives in Calgary, Alberta. Karma is her first novel for young adults.
Newbery-Honor winning author, Jean Fritz, brings history to life once again in 10 true tales
of 15th-century European explorers!True tales of our world's greatest 15th century explorers, from Bartholomew Diaz and Christopher Columbus to Juan Ponce de Leon and Vasco ...
A concept book starring the teddy bear loved by readers for 50 years. One square
blanket Spread upon the ground. Birthday balloons, Colorful and round! Join Corduroy in exploring all the shapes at a picinic, from a circle cake to a ...
David is determined to learn to jump on horseback if it kills him. And sometimes
he's afraid it might, like when Comet balks and won't go over the crossbar. Now that David's father is back in town, he's promised to ...
The international bestselling series with over 5 million copies sold in the U.S. alone!The renegade
outlaw group known as the Outsiders may have been chased from Clonmel, but not before killing Halt's only brother. Now Rangers Halt and Will, along ...
Ring in the new year with this festive board book featuring everyone's favorite puppy!Spot isn’t
old enough to stay up until midnight, but he finds a way to celebrate the New Year early with his family. Bring your party hats and ...
A new series of unauthorized biographies on the world's biggest names and rising stars in
entertainment, sports, and pop culture! Complete with quizzes, listicles, trivia, and a full-color pull-out poster of the star, this is the definitive collection to get ...
The latest installment in the Newbery Honor-winning series from Tomie dePaolaFirst-grader Tomie dePaola experiences uncertainty
in the weeks following the attack on pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. What are the grown-ups talking quietly about at home and even at school? ...
Tiny Bible Tales, a new series of board books, shares the stories of the Bible's
bravest heroes. With gentle, rhyming text, this book tells the tale of Jonah getting swallowed by the great whale. And with illustrations depicting these heroic ...