The bridge home
Title
:
The bridge home
Personal Author EPSB
:
Padma, Venkatraman
Summary
:
Life is harsh in Chennai's teeming streets, so when runaway sisters Viji and Rukku arrive, their prospects look grim. Very quickly, eleven-year-old Viji discovers how vulnerable they are in this uncaring, dangerous world. Fortunately, the girls find shelter--and friendship--on an abandoned bridge. With two homeless boys, Muthi and Arul, the group forms a family of sorts.
Year Published
:
2019-2020
Physical Description
:
194 pages ; 22 cm
Awards
:
2022 Young Reader’s Choice Award YRCA Intermediate nominee
Subject
:
Street children -- India -- Chennai -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Chennai (India) -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Children's stories.
Summary
:
Life is harsh in Chennai's teeming streets, so when runaway sisters Viji and Rukku arrive, their prospects look grim. Very quickly, eleven-year-old Viji discovers how vulnerable they are in this uncaring, dangerous world. Fortunately, the girls find shelter--and friendship--on an abandoned bridge. With two homeless boys, Muthi and Arul, the group forms a family of sorts.
ISBN
:
9781524738112
9781984813602
9781524738136
Publisher
:
New York, NY : Nancy Paulsen Books, 2019.
New York, NY : Puffin Books, 2020.
©2019
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Kildare | F VEN | Book | 30138000225104 | Fiction |
| Kildare | F VEN | Book | 30138000225088 | Fiction |
| Kildare | NS GR 6 R | Literature/novel study | 30138000243420 | Literature Studies |
| Kildare | NS GR 6 R | Literature/novel study | 30138000243396 | Literature Studies |
| Kildare | NS GR 6 R | Literature/novel study | 30138000243446 | Literature Studies |
| Kildare | NS GR 6 R | Literature/novel study | 30138000243461 | Literature Studies |
| Kildare | NS GR 6 R | Literature/novel study | 30138000243412 | Literature Studies |
| Kildare | NS GR 6 R | Literature/novel study | 30138000243438 | Literature Studies |