Bibliograph

The bridge home, Padma Venkatraman

Type

Label

The bridge home, Padma Venkatraman

Language

eng

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 9-12, Novelist

resource.interestGradeLevel

Grades 3-6, Publisher

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The bridge home

Medium

talking book

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1264104971

Responsibility statement

Padma Venkatraman

Series statement

Wonderbooks

Summary

Life is harsh in Chennai's teeming streets, so when runaway sisters Viji and Rukku arrive, their prospects look grim. Very quickly, eleven-year-old Viji discovers how vulnerable they are in this uncaring, dangerous world. Fortunately, the girls find shelter--and friendship--on an abandoned bridge. With two homeless boys, Muthi and Arul, the group forms a family of sorts. And while making a living scavenging the city's trash heaps is the pits, the kids find plenty to laugh about and take pride in too. After all, they are now the bosses of themselves and no longer dependent on untrustworthy adults. But when illness strikes, Viji must decide whether to risk seeking help from strangers or to keep holding on to their fragile, hard-fought freedom

Target audience

pre adolescentprimary

resource.variantTitle

Wonderbook. The bridge home

Classification