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(0)Deepa Anappara
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English
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AS - Asian American and Pacific Islander Month
LSS - Criminally Good
WCD Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage
LSS - Criminally Good
WCD Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage
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"Based on a true story--Nine-year-old Jai watches too many reality police shows, thinks he's smarter than his friend Pari (even though she gets the best grades), and considers himself to be a better boss than Faiz (even though Faiz is the one with a job). When a classmate goes missing, Jai decides to use the crime-solving skills he has picked up from TV to find him. He asks Pari and Faiz to be his assistants and together they draw up lists of people...
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Deutsch
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Diese Geschichte ist ein Talisman. Trag sie nah an deinem Herzen.
Jai schaut zu viele Polizei-Dokus, denkt, er sei klüger als Pari (obwohl die immer die besseren Noten bekommt) und hält sich für einen besseren Anführer als Faiz (obwohl Faiz derjenige mit einem echten Job ist). Als ein Junge aus ihrer Klasse verschwindet, wagen sich die Freunde in den verwinkelten Bhoot-Basar und immer weiter hinaus in die verbotenen Viertel der Stadt. Doch mehr...
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English
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"These seventeen essays by celebrated writers of color start a more inclusive conversation about storytelling and encourage readers and writers to re-evaluate the codes and conventions that have shaped their assumptions about how fiction should be written. Edited by Deepa Anappara, author of Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line, and Taymour Soomro, author of Other Names for Love, this anthology features writers from around the world, from a diversity of...
