Pashmina, Nidhi Chanani
Type
Label
Pashmina, Nidhi Chanani
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
GN240L, LexileDecoding demand: 85 (very high), Semantic demand: 98 (very high), Syntactic demand: 42 (medium), Structure demand: 86 (very high), Lexile
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Pashmina
Nature of contents
comics graphic novels
Oclc number
964333709
Responsibility statement
Nidhi Chanani
Series statement
Pashmina
Summary
Indian-American teen, Priyanka "Pri" Das, attempts to reconnect with her mother's homeland through a magical pashmina shawl. Presented in comic book formatPriyanka 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. But is this the real India? And what is that shadow lurking in the background? To learn the truth, Pri must travel farther than she{u2019}s ever dared and find the family she never knew
Target audience
juvenile
Classification
Creator
Subject
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Asia
- Graphic novels
- Teenage girls
- Mothers and daughters
- Bildungsromans
- Comic books, strips, etc
- Cashmere shawls -- Comic books, strips, etc -- Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels
- Cashmere shawls
- Self-realization -- Comic books, strips, etc
- California
- Single-parent families
- Teenage girls -- Comic books, strips, etc -- Juvenile fiction
- California -- Comic books, strips, etc -- Juvenile fiction
- Fantasy comics
- India
- East Indian Americans
- East Indian Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc -- Juvenile fiction
- Magic -- Comic books, strips, etc -- Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration
- Mothers and daughters -- Comic books, strips, etc -- Juvenile fiction
- Magic
- India -- Juvenile fiction -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Self-realization
- Single-parent families -- Comic books, strips, etc -- Juvenile fiction
Content
Artist
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Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Creator1
- Genre4
- Subject25
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Asia
- Graphic novels
- Teenage girls
- Mothers and daughters
- Bildungsromans
- Comic books, strips, etc
- Cashmere shawls -- Comic books, strips, etc -- Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels
- Cashmere shawls
- Self-realization -- Comic books, strips, etc
- California
- Single-parent families
- Teenage girls -- Comic books, strips, etc -- Juvenile fiction
- California -- Comic books, strips, etc -- Juvenile fiction
- Fantasy comics
- India
- East Indian Americans
- East Indian Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc -- Juvenile fiction
- Magic -- Comic books, strips, etc -- Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration
- Mothers and daughters -- Comic books, strips, etc -- Juvenile fiction
- Magic
- India -- Juvenile fiction -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Self-realization
- Single-parent families -- Comic books, strips, etc -- Juvenile fiction
- Content2
- Artist1
- Author1
- Mapped to1