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417468
Ahmed Aziz's epic year by Hamza, Nina 

BTSB Prebound(Quill Tree Books, 2021)

BTSB #: 417468 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4.8 MG

Genres: Family Life Multicultural


Subjects: Middle schools - Fiction School stories Books and reading - Fiction Muslims - United States - Fiction East Indian Americans - Fiction


Summary: An Indian American boy endures a family move from Hawaii to frigid Minnesota and, with the help of three life-changing books he reads in school, he learns to like reading, and ultimately, himself.


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511992
American as paneer pie by Kelkar, Supriya 

Paperback(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2021)

BTSB #: 511992 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
Lexile: 840 F&P: U

Genres: Multicultural


Subjects: Immigrants - Fiction East Indian Americans - Fiction Prejudices - Fiction Bullies - Fiction Self-confidence - Fiction Hate crimes - Fiction Middle schools - Fiction School stories


Summary: When a racist incident rocks her small Michigan town, eleven-year-old Lekha must decide whether to speak up or stay silent, even as she struggles to navigate her life at home, where she can be herself, and at school, where she is teased about her culture.


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511997
American as paneer pie by Kelkar, Supriya 

BTSB Prebound(Aladdin, 2020)

BTSB #: 511997 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 5.4 MG Lexile: 840 F&P: U

Genres: Multicultural


Subjects: Immigrants - Fiction East Indian Americans - Fiction Prejudices - Fiction Bullies - Fiction Self-confidence - Fiction Hate crimes - Fiction Middle schools - Fiction School stories


Summary: When a racist incident rocks her small Michigan town, eleven-year-old Lekha must decide whether to speak up or stay silent, even as she struggles to navigate her life at home, where she can be herself, and at school, where she is teased about her culture.


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P08414
American as paneer pie by Kelkar, Supriya 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2020)

BTSB #: P08414 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Multicultural Family Life


Subjects: Immigrants - Fiction East Indian Americans - Fiction Prejudices - Fiction Bullying - Fiction Hate crimes - Fiction Middle schools - Fiction School stories


Summary: When a racist incident rocks her small Michigan town, eleven-year-old Lekha must decide whether to speak up or stay silent, even as she struggles to navigate her life at home, where she can be herself, and at school, where she is teased about her culture.


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386462
American desi by Gopal, Jyoti Rajan 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2022)

BTSB #: 386462 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
F&P: O

Genres: Multicultural


Subjects: Stories in rhyme East Indian Americans - Fiction Identity (Psychology) - Fiction


Summary: An American child of East Asian descent revels in dances, clothing, games, foods and other characteristics of both cultures, while blending them into what makes this American desi unique.


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773609
Archie Celebrates Diwali by Ruths, Mitali Banerjee 

BTSB Prebound(Charlesbridge, 2021)

BTSB #: 773609 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 600 AD

Genres: Holidays Multicultural


Subjects: Divali - Fiction Hinduism - Customs and practices - Fiction East Indian Americans - Fiction Friendship - Fiction


Summary: Archie is worried that her school friends won't like Diwali, her favorite Hindu holiday, and when a storm knocks out the electricity, it looks like the party may be ruined.


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773611
Awesome orange birthday [Party Diaries Volume: 1]by Ruths, Mitali Banerjee 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic, 2023)

BTSB #: 773611 Available

Dewey: FAges: 6-9   
AR: 3.2 LG Lexile: 580

Genres: Chapter Books Multicultural


Subjects: Parties - Fiction Birthdays - Fiction East Indian Americans - Fiction


Summary: Priya Chakraborty plans a birthday party for her first client, Layla Aunty, personalizing everything from the invitations to the menu in Aunty's favorite color, but as party-time finally arrives, Priya is nervous something will go wrong.


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698411
Best at it by Pancholy, Maulik 

Paperback(HarperCollins, 2020)

BTSB #: 698411 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 4 MG RC: 4.5 3-5 Lexile: 620 HL

Genres: Multicultural


Subjects: East Indian Americans - Fiction Family life - Indiana - Fiction Identity (Psychology) - Fiction Anxiety - Fiction Middle schools - Fiction School stories Bullies - Fiction Indiana - Fiction


Summary: Twelve-year-old Rahul Kapoor, an Indian-American boy growing up in small-town Indiana, struggles to come to terms with his identity, including that he may be gay.


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897754
Binny's Diwali by Umrigar, Thrity N. 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2020)

BTSB #: 897754 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 4 LG Lexile: 720 AD

Genres: Holidays Multicultural


Subjects: Divali - Fiction Hinduism - Customs and practices - Fiction East Indian Americans - Fiction


Summary: Binny's class is learning about different holiday traditions, and today it is time for Binny to share the story of her favorite holiday, Diwali, the Festival of Lights--and she even has some special treats to give her classmates. Includes information on the five days of Diwali, what it commemorates, and its special traditions.


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512002
Brown is beautiful by Kelkar, Supriya 

BTSB Prebound(Farrar Straus Giroux, 2022)

BTSB #: 512002 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: NP

Genres: Family Life


Subjects: Stories in rhyme Brown - Fiction East Indian Americans - Fiction


Summary: On a hike with her grandparents, a young Indian-American girl makes note of all the things in the wilderness that are brown, too. Includes instructions on how to make a scrapbook.


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258836
Chaos curse [Kiranmala and the kingdom beyond Volume: Book 3]by DasGupta, Sayantani 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2020)

BTSB #: 258836 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.8 MG Lexile: 820

Genres: Fantasy Fiction Adventure Fiction


Subjects: East Indian Americans - Fiction Princesses - Fiction Adventure fiction Fantasy fiction


Summary: Prince Lal has been spirited away to, of all places, Parsippany, so Kiranmala must leave the Kingdom Beyond and return home to rescue him; but reality seems to be wavering around her because something is causing a dangerous disruption in the multiverse, and she must face the disturbing prophecy about her own role in the approaching conflict between good and evil--not to mention her own growing feelings for Prince Neel.


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081844
Count me in by Bajaj, Varsha 

Paperback(Nancy Paulsen, 2020)

BTSB #: 081844 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.4 MG Lexile: 680 F&P: X

Genres: Multicultural


Subjects: Racism - Fiction East Indian Americans - Fiction Violence - Fiction Social media - Fiction Grandfathers - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Family life - Texas - Houston - Fiction Houston (Tex.) - Fiction


Summary: Told from two viewpoints, sixth-graders Karina and Chris use social media to stand up to racism in Houston, Texas, after an attack puts Karina's Indian American grandfather in the hospital.


081984
Count me in by Bajaj, Varsha 

BTSB Prebound(Nancy Paulsen, 2019)

BTSB #: 081984 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.4 MG Lexile: 680 F&P: X

Genres: Multicultural


Subjects: Racism - Fiction East Indian Americans - Fiction Violence - Fiction Social media - Fiction Grandfathers - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Family life - Texas - Houston - Fiction Houston (Tex.) - Fiction


Summary: Told from two viewpoints, sixth-graders Karina and Chris use social media to stand up to racism in Houston, Texas, after an attack puts Karina's Indian American grandfather in the hospital.


754916
Daughter of the deep by Riordan, Rick 

BTSB Prebound(Disney/Hyperion, 2021)

BTSB #: 754916 In Bindery

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.2 MG

Genres: Adventure Fiction Science Fiction


Subjects: Adventure fiction Underwater exploration - Fiction Oceanography - Fiction High schools - Fiction School stories Characters and characteristics in literature - Fiction Orphans - Fiction East Indian Americans - Fiction


Summary: In this story inspired by Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," Ana Dakkar, a freshman at Harding-Pencroft Academy, a five-year high school that graduates the best marine scientists, naval warriors, navigators, and underwater explorers in the world, makes astounding discoveries about her heritage and puts her leadership skills to the test against deadly enemies from a rival school.


207548
Finding Mighty by Chari, Sheela 

BTSB Prebound(Amulet Books, 2017)

BTSB #: 207548 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 4.1 MG RC: 3.3 6-8 Lexile: 590 F&P: Y

Genres: Mystery Fiction


Subjects: Mystery fiction Family life - New York (State) - Fiction Graffiti - Fiction Parkour - Fiction East Indian Americans - Fiction Racially mixed people - Fiction Dobbs Ferry (N.Y.) - Fiction


Summary: Along the train lines north of New York City, twelve-year-old neighbors Myla and Peter search for the link between Myla's necklace and the disappearance of Peter's brother, Randall. Thrown into a world of parkour, graffiti, and diamond-smuggling, Myla and Peter encounter a band of thugs who are after the same thing as Randall. Can Myla and Peter find Randall before it's too late, and their shared family secrets threaten to destroy them all?


258831
Game of stars [Kiranmala and the kingdom beyond Volume: Book 2]by DasGupta, Sayantani 

Paperback(Scholastic, 2020)

BTSB #: 258831 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.8 MG RC: 5.4 3-5 Lexile: 830

Subjects: Fantasy fiction East Indian Americans - Fiction Princesses - Fiction Magic - Fiction Adventure fiction


Summary: Months after Kiranmala's adventure in the Kingdom Beyond, a vision of the Demon Queen starts showing up in her bedroom, trying to tell Kiran something, but getting cutoff before she can finish; then she starts seeing an advertisement for an archery contest on her family's interdimensional television and Kiran realizes that she must return to her place of birth--where society is falling apart, a reality show is taking over, her friends are in danger, and she, once again, becomes the warrior princess she was meant to be.


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581578
Henna wars by Jaigirdar, Adiba 

Paperback(Page Street, 2020)

BTSB #: 581578 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 5 UG

Genres: Family Life Multicultural


Subjects: Lesbians - Fiction Coming out (Sexual orientation) - Fiction Interpersonal relations - Fiction Henna (Dye) - Fiction Family life - Fiction Muslims - Fiction East Indian Americans - Fiction


Summary: Nishat does not want to lose her family, but she also does not want to hide that she is a lesbian, and it only gets harder once a childhood friend walks back into her life.


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517032
How to wear a sari by Khiani, Darshana 

BTSB Prebound(Versify, 2021)

BTSB #: 517032 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-7   


Genres: Multicultural Humorous Fiction Family Life


Subjects: Clothing and dress - Fiction Family life - Fiction Saris - Fiction Maturation (Psychology) - Fiction East Indian Americans - Fiction Humorous fiction


Summary: Tired of being treated like a child, a young girl sets out to prove herself capable to her multi-generational Indian-American family, but an ill-fated attempt at putting on a sari has an unexpected outcome.


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543065
I'll go and come back by LaRocca, Rajani 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2022)

BTSB #: 543065 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Family Life Multicultural


Subjects: Grandparent-grandchild relationship - Fiction Family life - Fiction East Indian Americans - Fiction Vacations - Fiction Tamil Nadu (India) - Fiction United States - Fiction


Summary: When Jyoti visits her grandmother halfway around the world, she is overwhelmed by the differences between India and home. At first she feels lonely and out of place, but soon she and Sita Pati are able to understand each other. When it's time to part, Jyoti doesn't want to leave, but then she remembers that in Tamil, people don't say goodbye, they say "I'll go and come back." Soon the two are reunited when Pati visits Jyoti in America.


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207551
Karthik delivers by Chari, Sheela 

BTSB Prebound(Amulet Books, 2022)

BTSB #: 207551 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 3.9 MG

Genres: Family Life


Subjects: Bernstein, Leonard,|d1918-1990 - Fiction Acting - Fiction Family-owned business enterprises - Fiction Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 - Fiction East Indian Americans - Fiction Boston (Mass.) - Fiction


Summary: Fourteen-year-old Karthik Raghavan is good at remembering things. Like his bike routes to make deliveries for his father's ailing Indian grocery. Or all the reasons he likes Juhi Shah. So, when he gets the chance to act in a play about Leonard Bernstein he does--and he's playing Lenny! But he can't tell his parents.


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