Pashmina
by:
Nidhi Chanani (author)
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...
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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
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ASIN: B075JN62B4
Publisher: First Second
Pages no: 176
Edition language: English
Date Published: October 3, 2017 Format: Print Source: Library Date Read: September 17, 2019 Blurb: 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 b...
Audience: Grades 4-8 Format: Graphic Novel - Library Copy Priyanka! Watch out for that tree! - first sentence Priyanka (Pri) has a lot of questions. Why did her mother leave India for the U.S.? What was it like there? Who is her father and what happened to him? But her mother doesn't want to...
I feel like this book wasn't quite ready. Maybe with a little more work or a tweak to the story here and change to the characters there it would have left a better impression.
My first Read Harder 2018 book! This was my choice for task #8, a comic written or illustrated by a person of color. Though I try to read about other cultures, I do have a tendency to get the terms for things mixed up. I do this with my own mix of Cuban and American things, routinely forgetting what...
Pashmina is the story of an artistic high school girl, Priyanka, whose mother immigrated to America from India before she was born. Priyanka wants to know more about the Indian culture, and about her father, but her mother refuses to discuss either one. To make matters worse, Priyanka’s favorite unc...
6 years ago
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