· THE BRIDGE HOME. by Padma Venkatraman ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 5, Venkatraman’s middle-grade debut tackles sisterhood, chosen families, and loss. Eleven-year-old Viji and her sister, Rukku, flee their abusive father after he breaks Amma’s arm and kicks Rukku. They find themselves, overwhelmed, in the big city of Chennai, where they are temporarily employed by kind . Names: Venkatraman, Padma. Title: The bridge home / Padma Venkatraman. Description: New York, NY: Nancy Paulsen Books, Summary: Four determined homeless children make a life for themselves in Chennai, India. Identifiers: LCCN | ISBN (hardback) | ISBN (ebook)4/5(32). · The Bridge Home is another fine novel by Padma Venkatraman, one that offers insight and understanding about the plight of poor and homeless children in the developing world, ending with a message of hope. Her novel gives young readers a sense of the childrens' humanity and dignity, by portraying them as young people with dreams and hopes like children everywhere, deserving of a Estimated Reading Time: 9 mins.
The Bridge Home Padma Venkatraman. Penguin/Paulsen, $ (p) ISBN More By and About This Author. ARTICLES. Spring Flying Starts: Padma Venkatraman; Authors' Quarantine. Visit us online at bltadwin.ru Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data. Names: Venkatraman, Padma. Title: The bridge home / Padma Venkatraman. Description: New York, NY: Nancy Paulsen Books, Summary: Four determined homeless children make. a life for themselves in Chennai, India. The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman. The Bridge Home is a story of family, loss, forgiveness, redemption and second chances. Two sisters flee an abusive home, living on the streets with two boys until illness forces one of them to take a chance that will change all their lives. Eleven-year-old Viji and her intellectually-challenged sister.
Parents need to know that Padma Venkatraman's The Bridge Home is a novel based on stories of real homeless kids in India. It deals with many harrowing subjects in the voice of year-old narrator Viji, who flees her village for the city of Chennai with her developmentally disabled year-old sister, Rukku, when their abusive father starts to beat them. The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman is a tug-at-your-heart story of friendship, resilience, and survival. It highlights the unbearable choices we sometimes must make to protect those we care about the most. And weaves the realities of homelessness, fear, and despair, with the love that finds us in the most unsuspecting and extraordinary places. The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman is a tug-at-your-heart story of friendship, resilience, and.
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