Originally published in Canada. Recently immigrated from
India, Gita is looking forward to celebrating her favorite holiday,
Divali, a festival of lights, but things are so different in her new home
that she wonders if she will ever adjust. Reviews at Barnes & Noble
Sreenivasan, Jyotsna. Aruna's Journeys. Illustrated
by Merryl Winstein. pa. Smooth Stone Press, 1997. Ages 8 to 12
Aruna is an opinionated eleven-yer-old girl who lives
in Ohio, likes to collect rocks and longs for a best friend at her
new school. She is also-unfortunately in her
opinion-Indian-American. Reviews at Barnes & Noble
Vijayaraghavan, Vineet. Motherland. pa. Soho Press,
2002. Young Adult title. 2002 Alex Award Winner.
A fifteen-year-old American teenager spends the
summer with her relatives in southern India and gains new insight
into her past, her family and her heritage.
Yamate, Sandra S.
Ashok by Any Other
Name. Illustrated by Janice Tohinaka. Polychrome Pub., 1991. Ages 4-8
Ashok wishes he had a more "American" name and sets out to
find the perfect one.
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Nonfiction
Bandon, Alexandra. Asian Indian Americans. Silver Burdett, 1995.
Discusses the economic and professional opportunities Asian
Indian Americans have found in their adopted land and describes the
difficulties they have encountered preserving their culture and religious
traditions.
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