The village by the sea

By Anita Desai

Subjects: Indians of north america, fiction, Young adult fiction, Fiction, general, English fiction, Indic fiction (English), Families, Manners and customs, Fiction, Children's fiction, Social life and customs, Juvenile fiction, Family life

Description: When their family falls on hard times, thirteen-year-old Lila and her twelve-year-old brother, Hari, try desperately to keep their home intact--an almost impossible task until Hari gets a chance to go to Bombay and returns with some positive plans for the future.