• Binding Paperback
  • 168 pages
  • Type Chapter Book

No cualquier dia

No cualquier dia

  • Ages 12+
  • Grades 6–12
  • Fiction or nonfiction Fiction
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No cualquier dia

Valli pasa sus días recogiendo carbón en Jharia, un poblado de la India. Vive con sus tíos y primos, y le han dicho que sus papás murieron, pero eso no parece preocuparle demasiado. En realidad, su temor más grande son los monstruos que están al otro lado de las vías del tren. Un día, su prima Elamma le confiesa que sus papás no están muertos y que la dieron en adopción a cambio de dinero. Sin motivos para quedarse en Jharia, Valli decide escapar en un camión que la lleva a Kolkata. Ahí aprende a sobrevivir sola y descubre que tiene algo en común con los monstruos que tanto temía: está enferma de lepra.

English

No Ordinary Day

Valli spends her days collecting coal in Jharia, a village in India. She lives with her uncles and cousins, and has been told that her parents are dead, but that doesn't seem to worry her too much. In fact, her greatest fear is the monsters on the other side of the railway tracks. One day, her cousin Elamma confesses to her that her parents are not dead and that they gave her up for adoption in exchange for money. With no reason to stay in Jharia, Valli decides to escape in a truck that takes her to Kolkata. There she learns to survive on her own and discovers that she has something in common with the monsters she feared so much: she is sick with leprosy.

Details and credits

Author & illustrator Spanish book type, author and illustrator
Spanish book type
Transadapted
Author
Deborah Ellis
Author origin
Canada
Illustrator
Srivi Kalyan
Illustrator origin
India
Book details Type, binding, genre, fiction or nonfiction and more
Type
Chapter Book
Binding
Paperback
Genre
Historical Fiction
Fiction or nonfiction
Fiction
Subject
Social-Emotional Learning
Pages
168
Dimensions
7.48 x .39 x 5.12 (Inches)
Reader fit Ages and grades
Ages
12, 13, 14+
Grades
Grade 6-8, Grade 9-12
Publication details ISBN, publisher and copyright
ISBN
9786074635232
Publisher
Ediciones Castillo
Copyright
2012