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Boys Without Names
Contributor(s): Sheth, Kashmira (Author)

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ISBN: 0061857629     ISBN-13: 9780061857621
Publisher: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2011
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Boys & Men
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Homelessness & Poverty
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Asia
Dewey: FIC
Age Level: 8-12
Grade Level: 3-7
Lexile Measure: 670(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.15" W x 7.59" L (0.47 lbs) 320 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Asian
- Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural
Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian
Awards: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award, Nominee, Grades 4-8, 2014
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 135014
Reading Level: 4.2   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 10.0
 
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Publisher Description:

Trapped.

For eleven-year-old Gopal and his family, life in their rural Indian village is over: We stay, we starve, his baba has warned. They flee to the big city of Mumbai in hopes of finding work and a brighter future. Gopal is eager to help support his struggling family, so when a stranger approaches him with the promise of a factory job, he jumps at the offer.

?But there is no factory, just a stuffy sweatshop where he and five other boys are forced to work for no money and little food. The boys are forbidden to talk or even to call one another by their real names. Locked away in a rundown building, Gopal despairs of ever seeing his family again.

But late one night, when Gopal decides to share kahanis, or stories, he realizes that storytelling might be the boys' key to survival. If he can make them feel more like brothers than enemies, their lives will be more bearable in the shop--and they might even find a way to escape.


Contributor Bio(s): Sheth, Kashmira: -

Kashmira Sheth spoke to many child workers in Mumbai as part of her research for Boys Without Names. Kashmira herself was born in Gujarat, India, and moved to the United States when she was seventeen to attend university. She is the author of Blue Jasmine, an IRA Children's Book Award Winner; Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet; and Keeping Corner, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. The mother of two daughters, Kashmira lives with her husband in Madison, Wisconsin.


 
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