Status
Available
Call number
Description
Indian-American teen, Priyanka "Pri" Das, attempts to reconnect with her mother's homeland through a magical pashmina shawl. Presented in comic book format. Priyanka Das has so many unanswered questions: Why did her mother abandon her home in India years ago? What was it like there? And most importantly, who is her father, and why did her mom leave him behind? But Pri's mom avoids these questions and the topic of India is permanently closed. For Pri, her mother's homeland can only exist in her imagination. That is, until she find a mysterious pashmina tucked away in a forgotten suitcase. When she wraps herself in it, she is transported to a place more vivid and colorful than any guidebook or Bollywood film.
Collection
Publication
First Second (2017), 176 pages
Awards
Mythopoeic Awards (Finalist — Children's Literature — 2018)
Blue Hen Book Award (Nominee — 2020)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — 2019)
Golden Poppy Book Award (Winner — Middle Grade — 2017)
Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee — Middle School — 2020)
South Asia Book Award (Honorable Mention — Young Readers — 2018)
Isinglass Teen Read Award (Nominee — 2020)
Texas Maverick Graphic Novels Reading List (Selection — 2017)
Three Stars Book Award (Nominee — Middle Readers — 2019)
VLA Graphic Novel Diversity Award (Winner — Youth — 2017)
Kansas NEA Reading Circle Recommended Book (Junior — 2018)
Nerdy Book Award (Graphic Novels — 2017)
Rise: A Feminist Book Project for Ages 0-18 (Selection — 2019)
Great Graphic Novels for Teens (Top Ten — 2018)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Fiction for Older Readers — 2017)
Language
Original publication date
2017-10-03
Physical description
176 p.; 6.13 inches
ISBN
1626720878 / 9781626720879