TY - BOOK AU - Venkatraman,Padma TI - Climbing the stairs SN - 0399247467 AV - PZ7.V5578 Cl 2008 U1 - [Fic] 22 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Putnams KW - Brain damage KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Families KW - India KW - Prejudices KW - Fiction KW - Family life KW - Brain KW - Wounds and injuries KW - sears KW - History KW - British occupation, 1765-1947 N1 - Booklist starred; School Library Journal; Wilson's Junior High School; d to a totally different way of life; Young Adult; Young Adult; Follett Library Resources N2 - 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 ER -