A Junior Library Guild Selection 2017Amazon Top Twenty Children's Book of the Year 2017Amazon
Best Book of the month December 2017Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2017 Texas Maverick
Graphic Novel 2017Northern California Indie Bookseller Association Long-List Title Priyanka Das
has so many unanswered questions: Why did her mother abandon her home in India years ago? What
was it like there? And most importantly who is her father and why did her mom leave him
behind? But Pri's mom avoids these questions-the topic of India is permanently closed. For Pri
her mother's homeland can only exist in her imagination. That is until she find a mysterious
pashmina tucked away in a forgotten suitcase. When she wraps herself in it she is transported
to a place more vivid and colorful than any guidebook or Bollywood film. But is this the real
India? And what is that shadow lurking in the background? To learn the truth Pri must travel
farther than she's ever dared and find the family she never knew. In this heartwarming graphic
novel debut Nidhi Chanani weaves a tale about the hardship and self-discovery that is born
from juggling two cultures and two worlds. This title has Common Core connections.
