No ordinary day
Title
:
No ordinary day
Personal Author EPSB
:
Deborah, Ellis
Summary
:
Valli has always been afraid of the lepers living on the other side of the train tracks in the coal town of Jharia, India, so when a chance encounter with a doctor reveals she also has leprosy, Valli rejects help and begins an uncertain life on the streets.
Year Published
:
2011
Physical Description
:
159 p. ; 20 cm.
Program Information
:
Gr. 5+
Subject
:
Homeless girls -- Fiction.
Rocky Mountain Book Award 2013
Leprosy
Orphans -- Fiction.
Leprosy -- Fiction.
Homeless persons -- Fiction.
Orphans--Fiction
Leprosy--Fiction
Homeless children--Fiction
Girls--India--Fiction
Orphans -- Fiction
Leprosy -- Fiction
Homeless children -- Fiction
Girls -- India -- Fiction
Geographic Term
:
Calcutta (India) -- Fiction.
Calcutta (India) -- Juvenile fiction.
India -- Juvenile fiction.
Summary
:
Valli has always been afraid of the lepers living on the other side of the train tracks in the coal town of Jharia, India, so when a chance encounter with a doctor reveals she also has leprosy, Valli rejects help and begins an uncertain life on the streets.
ISBN
:
9781554981083
Publisher
:
Toronto : Groundwood Books, c2011.
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Norwood | F ELL | Book | 30156000239248 | Fiction |