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Saraswati's Way (2010)

by Monika Schröder(Favorite Author)

3.59 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0374364117 (ISBN13: 9780374364113)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

review 1: This is another children's book that came through our Little Free Library. It is a wonderful and hopeful story of a boy in India who is orphaned but is determined to make his dream of attending school come true. It is a realistic (and kid-appropriate) depiction of life on the streets and has a positive message about making good choices. I never read anything like this when I was growing up and I wish I had. The exposure to a non-North American culture is invaluable. What a charming and wonderful book. Wholeheartedly recommend. There are some troubling events (death of a parent) and some drug use. Not sure of the best age - 9? 10? But definitely worthwhile!!
review 2: In Rajasthan, 12-year-old Akash loves math and dreams of earning a scholarship. Saraswati is t... morehe Hindu goddess of wisdom and it is in her that he rests his hopes. After his father’s death, however, his grandmother sends him to work in a quarry to pay off the family’s debt. Akash ends up as a street kid in New Delhi, a fate that for many children is quite dismal. The book does not have a great deal of substance. However, I might give to a pre-teen to spark an interest in another culture. less

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