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-- Here we are :2019., Celadon Books Call No: HI-INT B SHA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The Shahanis came to Queens--from India, by way of Casablanca--in the 1980s. They were undocumented for a few unsteady years and then, with the arrival of their green cards, they thought they'd made it. This is the story of how they did, and didn't; the unforeseen obstacles that propelled them into years of disillusionment and heartbreak; and the strength of a family determined to stay together. -- inside front book jacket flap.
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2017., Juvenile, Puffin Books Call No: B BRIERLEY Edition: Young readers' edition. Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes how the author was accidentally separated from his family and home in India as a child, how he survived as an orphan in Kolkata, his adoption by an Australian family, and his search for his biological family as an adult.
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c2009., Pre-adolescent, Delacorte Press Call No: 921 ALI Edition: 1st American ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Nine-year-old Rubina Ali recounts her childhood in the slums of Mumbai and her rise to stardom after being chosen to act in the Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire.".
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2004., Pre-adolescent, Children's Press Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Explores the events that shaped the life of Tecumseh, whose integrity, personal magnetism, and public speaking skills helped him to lead the Shawnee and people of other tribes in the fight to save their lives and lands from being taken by white men.