She knows Aai and Aaji are the only ones who can sing raag Naagshakti. Lata Auntie has heard all about Geetanjali’s family, growing up in India. Lata, an auntie Geetanjali has never met before is with Aaji and their neighbor, Heena Auntie, who is acting strange and mean, and not like the warm auntie she normally is. Aai tries to stress the importance of using one’s voice and continuing to sing Geetanjali hopes that when her Aaji, comes to visit this summer, she’ll be able to help her.īut when they pick Aaji up at the airport, she’s not alone. Ten-year-old Geetanjali doesn’t mind singing, but she knows she’ll never be as good as her mother, Aai, or grandmother, Aaji, famous classical singers from India whose celebrity has followed the family all the way to their small town of Deadwood, Michigan, where Geetanjali lives with her aai, and father, Baba.Īfter freezing on stage during a concert performance, Geetanjali adds “fear of singing” to her list of fears, a list that seems to be multiplying daily. Packed with humor and heart, this debut middle grade series follows a girl finding her place in a brand-new world of private school and frenemies when her family moves to Hong Kong. Fans of Kelly Yang and Front Desk, and kids who enjoy books about immigration and book activism will gobble this one up. It’s also a relatable portrait of a family wading through murky financial waters and a kid finding confidence at school. This is a moving, inspiring, and insightful middle grade book about immigration, family, and sisterhood. They live in an apartment, not a house like her mom said and her parents owe a ton of back rent after the pandemic. But when she arrives, nothing about their life is as her parents have told her. ![]() She’d been living with her grandmother in China, but now her grandmother is ill, and her parents want her to come to North Carolina with them and her little sister Millie. ![]() Lina is finally moving to the US to reunite with her parents after five years apart.
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