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Naming Maya
By Krishnaswami, Uma
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37435-485-5
- Publisher
- Farrar
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2004
Gr 5-8 New Jersey-born Maya goes to India with her mother, who must sell the family home in Chennai after her father's death. Like many children of divorce, Maya feels responsible for her parents' separation. The title refers to her belief that Mom and Dad's dispute over naming her was somehow her fault. By the end of the book, she knows that her parents...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2004
Maya and her mother have not talked much to each other since her parents' bitter divorce. So their trip from suburban New Jersey to the southern Indian city of Chennai, a "maddening, dazzling place," to sell Maya's grandfather's family home is a silent one. But the silence is countered by the loyal and loquacious elderly family cook, Mami, who reinsta...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
