The bridge home

Venkatraman, Padma 1969- (author.).

Summary: Life is harsh in Chennai's teeming streets, so when runaway sisters Viji and Rukku arrive, their prospects look grim. Very quickly, eleven-year-old Viji discovers how vulnerable they are in this uncaring, dangerous world. Fortunately, the girls find shelter--and friendship--on an abandoned bridge. With two homeless boys, Muthi and Arul, the group forms a family of sorts. And while making a living scavenging the city's trash heaps is the pits, the kids find plenty to laugh about and take pride in too. After all, they are now the bosses of themselves and no longer dependent on untrustworthy adults. But when illness strikes, Viji must decide whether to risk seeking help from strangers or to keep holding on to their fragile, hard-fought freedom.

Record details

ISBN: 9780780473270
ISBN: 1725499053
ISBN: 9781725499058
ISBN: 1524738131
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ISBN: 1524738115
ISBN: 9781524738112
Physical Description: 194 pages ; 22 cm
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Publisher: New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2019.
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

General Note:	publisher, date of publication and page numbers may vary
Target Audience Note:	10-12 years 680L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.4 5 501239.
Awards Note:	2021-2022 Mark Twain award nominee.