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Meow means mischief Meow means mischief Ann Whitehead Nagda A stray kitten turns out to be the perfect way to help Rana make friends in her new school and to feel more comfortable with her grandparents, who are visiting from India while her parents are away. OL15436667W
Hot, hot roti for Dada-ji Hot, hot roti for Dada-ji F. Zia Aneel and his grandfather, Dada-ji, tell stories, use their imaginations, and make delicious roti, a traditional Indian flatbread. OL15520762W
The Latte Rebellion The Latte Rebellion Sarah Jamila Stevenson When high school senior Asha Jamison is called a "towel head" at a pool party, she and her best friend Carey start a club to raise awareness of mixed-race students that soon sweeps the country, but t… OL15520769W
The grand plan to fix everything The grand plan to fix everything Uma Krishnaswami Eleven-year-old Dini loves movies, and so when she learns that her family is moving to India for two years, her devastation over leaving her best friend in Maryland is tempered by the possibility of … OL15520773W
Jasmine Jasmine Bharati Mukherjee After the assassination of her husband, Jasmine leaves India to live with a middle-aged banker in a small Iowa town, only to retain some of the traditions and memories of her past. OL16046541W
Quarantine Quarantine Rahul Mehta With buoyant humor and incisive, cunning prose, Mehta sets off into uncharted literary territory. The characters in *Quarantine* are Westernized in some ways, with cosmopolitan views on friendship an… OL16140178W
Good Indian girls Good Indian girls Ranbir Singh Sidhu Presents a collection of twelve short stories about the complicated lives of Indian immigrants in the United States. OL19704300W
Love, hate & other filters Love, hate & other filters Samira Ahmed Maya Aziz, seventeen, is caught between her India-born parents world of college and marrying a suitable Muslim boy and her dream world of film school and dating her classmate, Phil, when a terrorist … OL19743687W
Chachaji's cup Chachaji's cup Uma Krishnaswami A boy learns about his family history and the Partition of India from his great uncle, through stories told over a beloved old teacup. OL1974758W
Sona and the wedding game Sona and the wedding game Kashmira Sheth Sona's big sister is getting married and she's been given an important job to do. She has to steal the groom's shoes. She's never attended a wedding before, so she's unfamiliar with this Indian tradi… OL20003686W
El Buen Nombre (Lingua Franca) El Buen Nombre (Lingua Franca) Jhumpa Lahiri Gogol is named after his father's favourite author. But growing up in an Indian family in suburban America, the boy starts to hate the awkward name and itches to cast it off, along with the inherited… OL2001056W
Interpreter of maladies Interpreter of maladies Jhumpa Lahiri Oorspr. titel: Interpreter of maladies. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin. Verhalen over Indiase emigranten in de Verenigde Staten. OL2001058W
Deep Singh blue Deep Singh blue Ranbir Singh Sidhu "Deep Singh wants out--out of his family, out of his city, and more than anything, out of his life. His parents argue over everything and his brother, who hasn't said a single word in over a year, su… OL20025320W
A gift for Gita A gift for Gita Rachna Gilmore During a visit from her beloved grandmother, Gita realizes that her memories of India have faded and that America is her true home. OL3474026W
Lights for Gita Lights for Gita Rachna Gilmore Recently immigrated from India, Gita is looking forward to celebrating her favorite holiday, Divali, a festival of lights, but things are so different in her new home that she wonders if she will eve… OL3474030W
Elephant dance Elephant dance Theresa Heine Grandfather tells many stories about his native India in answer to Ravi and Anjali's questions, such as the tale of a procession of elephants on the feast of Divaali when he was a boy. Includes facts… OL5705872W
Asian Indian Americans Asian Indian Americans Carolyn P. Yoder An overview of the history and daily lives of people from India who immigrated to the United States. OL5952472W
Born confused Born confused Tanuja Desai Hidier Seventeen-year-old Dimple, whose family is from India, discovers that she is not Indian enough for the Indians and not American enough for the Americans, as she sees her hypnotically beautiful, manip… OL5952656W
Rani and the wedding ghost Rani and the wedding ghost Tea Emesse Rani Sen helps her cousin prepare for her wedding, solves a ghost mystery, and learns about growing up. OL8571910W
Ode to Lata Ode to Lata Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla "Banker by day, and denizen of Los Angeles' clubs by night, the protagonist of Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla's first novel is navigating between more than just a day job and an active social life. In Ode to L… OL8912494W
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