Book+List

Individual reading about India will be emphasized in Language Arts for the duration of our India Unit.

The following are texts that can be found at local libraries.


 * [[image:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0525455973.jpg width="166" height="250"]] || Iron Ring, The

Lexile: 680L Author: [|Alexander, Lloyd] || Summary: DRIVEN BY HIS SENSE OF "DHARMA," OR HONOR, YOUNG KING TAMAR SETS OFF ON A PERILOUS JOURNEY, || Ages: 10 and up Page count: 278 Publisher: Dutton Children's Books Copyright: 1997 || Author: [|Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee] || **Conch Bearer, The**
 * || 2003 Lexile: 790L

Ages: 8 and up Page count: 265 Publisher: Millbrook Press Copyright: || || Author: [|Bosse, Malcolm] 950L Pages: 244 Ages: 10 to 14 || Summary: A ROUSING ADVENTURE TALE WHERE ARJUN IS SOLD AS A SLAVE TO THE INDIAN ARMY AND ... ||  ||
 * [[image:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140382178.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg caption="Tusk and Stone" link="http://www.lexile.com/book/details/9780140382174/"]] || [|Tusk and Stone]
 * [[image:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61NSG7vkBXL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg width="239" height="239" align="right" caption="The Rumor: A Jataka Tale from India" link="http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1897066279/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link"]] || [[image:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FvfMfqopL._SL160_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-dp,TopRight,12,-18_SH30_OU01_AA160_.jpg width="219" height="219" align="right" caption="Product Details" link="http://www.amazon.com/Jungle-Book-Puffin-Classics/dp/0141325291/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1296746517&sr=1-5"]] ||  ||   ||

Rama and the Demon King Lexile 550

The Jungle Book Lexile 1140

Riki Tikki Tavi

Sacred River The Ganges Lexile 1020

Going to School in India

Homeless Bird Lexile 800

Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Gahdi

[|Born Confused] Author: [|Hidier, Tanuja Desai] Summary: Dimple, whose family is from India, discovers that she is not Indian enough for the Indians ...

890L Pages: 413

[|Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind] Author: [|Staples, Suzanne Fisher] Summary: WHEN ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD SHABANU, THE DAUGHTER OF A NOMAD IN THE CHOLISTAN DESERT OF PRESENT-DAY PAKISTAN, IS ...    970L Pages: 240 Ages: 12 to 17

[|Shiva's Fire] Author: [|Staples, Suzanne Fisher] Summary: In India, a talented dancer sacrifices friends and family for her art. 990L Pages: 270 Ages: 12 to 17

[|Monsoon Summer] Author: [|Perkins, Mitali] 750L Pages: 257 Ages: 12 and up

Found 4 books [|Motherland: A Novel] Author: [|Vijayaraghavan, Vineeta] 980L Pages: 232



[|Aruna's Journeys] Author: [|Sreenivasan, Jyotsna] Summary: Eleven-year-old Aruna is an Indian in the U.S.--a very self-conscious Indian at that. Fearful of being labeled different, she avoids other students from her native country and cringes when her parents share information about India with curious friends and neighbors. But a summer trip back to Bangalore to visit family helps Aruna gain a new appreciation for her heritage and its customs and traditions. 850L Pages: 133 Ages: 6 to 9

[|Blue Jasmine] Author: [|Sheth, Kashmira]

740L Pages: 183

[|Bollywood Babes] Author: [|Dhami, Narinder] 670L Pages: 313 Ages: 8 to 12

[|Child of Dandelions] Author: [|Nanji, Shenaaz]

720L Pages: 214 Ages: 12 and up

[|Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet] Author: [|Sheth, Kashmira]

790L Pages: 250 Ages: 12 to 17

[|Looking For Bapu] Author: [|Banerjee, Anjali]

590L Pages: 162 Ages: 8 to 11