Posts Tagged ‘Mitali Perkins’

Book Review: Monsoon Summer by Mitali Perkins

When fifteen-year-old Jazz Gardner discovers she’s going to spend the summer in India with her family she is not happy about it at all. She has a thriving business in San Francisco with her best friend Steve, and she can’t imagine leaving either one for three months. She’s certain one of the other girls from [...]

Book Review: Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins

Everyone knows that Naima draws the most beautiful alpana patterns in her Bangladeshi village. But she wonders what good can come from her talent if she can’t help her father drive a rickshaw because she’s a girl. Money is tight for the family, and Naima worries that her mother’s heirloom bracelets will need to be [...]

Readergirlz New Blog

Readergirlz has a new blog that looks great. For those of you who don’t know about readergirlz, you may want to check out the blog and their Web site. You can find author chats, month-long book chats about a selected book, and a Facebook page. Readergirlz is also on YouTube, where you’ll find videos of [...]