This book reminded me of Kira-kira and Esperanza Rising because it chronicles the struggles of an American child whose heritage is not taught in the history books or commemorated on our calendar. Sunita Sen is an Indian teenager with a perfectly normal American life...until her grandparents come from India to visit for a whole year. Sunita is embarrassed by how different her grandparents seem and she pushes away her friends, certain that they could never understand. Finally, as her birthday gets closer, she learns some valuable lessons about being different and being who you are.
I've been thinking a lot lately about the stories we don't get from our history books. There are so many things that I don't know, or have only skimmed the surface of. I want to find more books like this and, ideally, share then with my students.
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