Strong as Fire, Fierce as Flame By Supriya Kelkar Lee & Low/Tu Books India, 1857 Meera’s future has been planned for her for as long as she can remember. As a child, her parents married her to a boy from a neighboring village whom she barely knows. Later, on the eve of her thirteenth birthday, […]
When Mom's Away by Layla Ahmad Illustrated by Farida Zaman Second Story Press The Covid-19 pandemic, which seems to be taking some time to go away, has meant big changes for one little girl’s family. Things are changing for one little girl whose mom is a busy doctor. When her mom has to be in […]
That Thing about Bollywood by Supriya Kelkar Simon & Schuster/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Bollywood takes over in this contemporary, magical middle grade novel about an Indian American girl whose world turns upside down when she involuntarily starts bursting into glamorous song-and-dance routines during everyday life. You know how in Bollywood when people […]