Asha and the spirit bird / Jasbinder Bilan.
By: Bilan, Jasbinder [author.].
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BookPublisher: New York, NY : Chicken House/Scholastic Inc., 2020.Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First edition.Description: 312 pages ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781338571059; 1338571052.Subject(s): Absentee fathers -- Juvenile fiction | Quests (Expeditions) -- Juvenile fiction | Birds -- Juvenile fiction | Absentee fathers -- Fiction | Quests (Expeditions) -- Fiction | Birds -- Fiction | Pères absents -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse | Quête -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse | Oiseaux -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse | JUVENILE FICTION -- Fairy Tales & Folklore -- Country & Ethnic | JUVENILE FICTION -- Family -- Parents | JUVENILE FICTION -- Social Themes -- Homelessness & Poverty | Absentee fathers | Birds | Quests (Expeditions) | India -- Juvenile fiction | Himalaya Mountains -- Juvenile fiction | India -- Fiction | Himalaya Mountains -- Fiction | Himālaya -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse | Himalaya Mountains | IndiaGenre/Form: Action and adventure fiction. | Fiction. | Juvenile works. | Action and adventure fiction.DDC classification: 823/.92 | J Summary: "Asha lives in the foothills of the Himalayas. Money is tight and she misses her papa, who works in the city. When he suddenly stops sending his wages, a ruthless moneylender ransacks their home, and her mother talks of leaving. From her den in the mango tree, Asha makes a pact with her best friend, Jeevan, to find her father and make things right. But the journey is dangerous: they must cross the world's highest mountains and face hunger, exhaustion, even snow leopards. And yet, Asha has the unshakeable sense that the spirit bird of her grandmother--her nanijee--will be watching over her."--Inside front jacket
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"First published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by Chicken House."--Title page verso
"Asha lives in the foothills of the Himalayas. Money is tight and she misses her papa, who works in the city. When he suddenly stops sending his wages, a ruthless moneylender ransacks their home, and her mother talks of leaving. From her den in the mango tree, Asha makes a pact with her best friend, Jeevan, to find her father and make things right. But the journey is dangerous: they must cross the world's highest mountains and face hunger, exhaustion, even snow leopards. And yet, Asha has the unshakeable sense that the spirit bird of her grandmother--her nanijee--will be watching over her."--Inside front jacket
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