Climbing the Stairs
In India, in 1941, when her father becomes brain-damaged in a non-violent protest march, fifteen-year-old Vidya and her family are forced to move in with her father's extended family and become accustomed to a totally different way of life.
Genre
Historical Fiction
Mulitcultural
Mulitcultural
Age
High School
Middle School
Middle School
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