Behind the beautiful forevers
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Random House, [2012].
Format
Book
Edition
[1st ed.]
Physical Desc
xxii, 256 pages ; 25 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
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Oliver La Farge - Adult
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Published
New York : Random House, [2012].
Edition
[1st ed.]
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 7.8, 14 Points
Level 7.8, 14 Points
Lexile measure
1030
Notes
Description
The dramatic and sometimes heartbreaking story of families striving toward a better life in one of the twenty-first century's great, unequal cities. In this fast-paced book, based on three years of uncompromising reporting, a bewildering age of global change and inequality is made human. Annawadi is a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are electric with hope. Abdul, a reflective and enterprising Muslim teenager, sees fortune in the recyclable garbage of richer people. Asha, a woman of formidable wit and deep scars from a rural childhood, has identified an alternate route to the middle class: political corruption. And even the poorest Annawadians, like Kalu, a fifteen-year-old scrap-metal thief, believe themselves inching closer to good times. But then, as the tenderest individual hopes intersect with the greatest global truths, the true contours of a competitive age are revealed.--From publisher description.
Target Audience
1030L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,7.8,14,156642.
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