Venkatraman, Padma.

Climbing the stairs / Padma Venkatraman. - New York : Putnams, c2008. - 247 p ; 22 cm.

Booklist starred. School Library Journal. Wilson's Junior High School.

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.

d to a totally different way of life. Young Adult. Young Adult Follett Library Resources.

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Brain damage--Juvenile fiction.
Families--India--Juvenile fiction.
Prejudices--Juvenile fiction.
Brain damage--Fiction.
Family life--India--Fiction.
Prejudices--Fiction.
Brain--Wounds and injuries--Fiction.
Family life--India--Fiction.
Prejudices--Fiction.


India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947--Juvenile fiction.
India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947--Fiction.
India--History--Fiction.


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