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Gr 4–7—After her grandfather's death, sixth-grader Maya travels with her mother and older sister from San Francisco to Karachi to help wind up her grandmother's affairs in Pakistan. Before leaving for the States, Maya's grandmother Alia hopes to embark on a secret trip to India in order to retrieve valuable heirlooms left behind decades earlier, when her family fled the country during Partition. Maya and her sister discover their ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Maya and older sister Zara travel to Pakistan then to India and learn about their once-secret Indian heritage, and about Partition--the uphea...Log In or Sign Up to Read More