Summary
A tiger cub has escaped from a reserve in the Sunderbans in West Bengal, India, and Neel, a poor boy from the islands, is determined to find her in order to save her from being captured and sold on the black market by Mr. Gupta and his men. Full description
Summary: |
A tiger cub has escaped from a reserve in the Sunderbans in West Bengal, India, and Neel, a poor boy from the islands, is determined to find her in order to save her from being captured and sold on the black market by Mr. Gupta and his men. |
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Physical Description: |
140 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
ISBN: |
9781580896603 (reinforced for library use) 158089660X (reinforced for library use) |
Author Notes: |
Mitali studied political science at Stanford University and public policy at U.C. Berkeley, surviving academia thanks to a steady diet of kids' books from public libraries and bookstores, and went on to teach middle school, high school, and college students. She lived in India, Bangladesh, Thailand, and California with her husband and twin sons before the Perkins family moved to Newton, Massachusetts, where they live now. Mitali's books include Monsoon Summer (Random House), Rickshaw Girl, and the award-winning Bamboo People. |