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.

Ages:

• 12
• 13
• 14+

Grades:

• Grade 6-8
• Grade 9-12

Vendor: Castillo

Binding: Paperback

Copyright: 2012

Publisher: Castillo

Genre: Historical Fiction

Fiction or Non Fiction: Fiction

Subject:

Type of Spanish Book: Transadapted

Pages: 168

Author: Deborah Ellis
Author Origin: Canada
Illustrator: Srivi Kalyan
IIlustrator Origin: India

Dimension: 7.48 x 0.39 x 5.12