Sona Charaipotra
Author
Series
Tiny pretty things novel volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
HL 730L
Language
English
Description
Gigi, Bette, and June, three top students at an exclusive Manhattan ballet school, have seen their fair share of drama. Free-spirited new girl Gigi just wants to dance -- but the very act might kill her. Privileged New Yorker Bette's desire to escape the shadow of her ballet star sister brings out a dangerous edge in her. And perfectionist June needs to land a lead role this year or her controlling mother will put an end to her dancing dreams forever....
Author
Series
Tiny pretty things novel volume 2
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
HL 700L
Language
English
Description
June is starting to finally see herself as a prima ballerina. However, getting what she wants might cost her everything--including the only boy she's ever loved. Legacy dancer Bette is determined to clear her name after she was suspended and accused of hurting her rival, Gigi. Even if she returns, though, will she ever regain the spotlight she craves? And Gigi is not going to let Bette--or the other dancers who bullied her--go unpunished. But as revenge...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2022.
Lexile measure
HL 630L
Language
English
Description
"She may be a California farm girl, but seventeen-year-old Maya's vision board is all about Fashion and Fierce--the New York City women's magazine she's been reading since she was ten. As the oldest daughter of Punjabi garlic farmers, though, Maya's path is set, and it's off to Cow camp for the summer. When she lands in the New York City area, Maya learns that her cousin's girlfriend works at Fierce--and realizes that her wildest dreams may just be...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
At Foxham Prep, a posh private school for Washington, D.C.'s elite, a rumor gains momentum as it collects followers on social media, pulling three girls into its path--Bryn, who wants to erase all memories of the mistake she made last summer; cheer captain Cora, who desperately wants to believe in her boyfriend's faithfulness; and shy Georgie, newly hot after a summer at fat camp and ready to reinvent herself--but who can stop a dangerous rumor once...
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
Fifteen authors of Asian descent reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia, in short stories ranging from fantasy to science fiction to contemporary, from romance to tales of revenge.
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"From chudails and peris to jinn and goddesses, this lush collection of South Asian folklore, legends, and epics reimagines stories of old for a modern audience. This fantasy and science fiction teen anthology edited by Samira Ahmed and Sona Charaipotra contains a wide range of stories from fourteen bestselling, award-winning, and emerging writers from the South Asian diaspora that will surprise, delight, and move you. So read on, for after all,...
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
This collection features stories from bestselling and up-and-coming YA authors.
An exceptional anthology exploring the joys, heartbreaks and triumphs of immigration-- written by YA authors who are themselves immigrants and the children of immigrants. Their characters face random traffic stops, TSA detention, customs anxiety, and the daunting and inspiring journey to new lands ... while also dancing at weddings, keeping diaries, teaching ESL. In presenting...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Star-crossed lovers, meddling immortals, feigned identities, battles of wits, and dire warnings: these are the stuff of fairy tale, myth, and folklore that have drawn us in for centuries.
Fifteen bestselling and acclaimed authors reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia in short stories that are by turns enchanting, heartbreaking, romantic, and passionate.
Compiled by We Need Diverse Books's Ellen
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