IBD 2020 - Writing the West with REYNA GRANDE, RISHI REDDI, and LAUREN FRANCES-SHARMA

Award-winning author Reyna Grande shares her personal experience of crossing borders and cultures in this middle grade adaptation of her memoir, The Distance Between Us—“an important account of the many ways immigration impacts children” (Booklist, starred review). When her parents make the dangerou... Read More about The Distance Between Us: Young Readers Edition

“Here is a life story so unbelievable, it could only be true.” —Sandra Cisneros, bestselling author of The House on Mango Street From bestselling author of the remarkable memoir The Distance Between Us comes an inspiring account of one woman’s quest to find her place in America as a first-generatio... Read More about A Dream Called Home: A Memoir

“Expansive, moving, and deeply powerful, Passage West explores an important and overlooked chapter in our national history and is a refreshingly honest novel about the people who gave everything to this country but were often overlooked and traumatized by the very nation to which they contributed so... Read More about Passage West: A Novel

In this sparkling collection, award-winning writer Rishi Reddi weaves a multigenerational tapestry of interconnected lives, depicting members of an Indian American community struggling to balance the demands of tradition with the allure of Western life. In "Lord Krishna," a teenager is offended whe... Read More about Karma and Other Stories

Ambitious and masterfully-wrought, Lauren Francis-Sharma's Book of the Little Axe is an incredible journey, spanning decades and oceans from Trinidad to the American West during the tumultuous days of warring colonial powers and westward expansion.... Read More about Book of the Little Axe

The New York Times Sunday Book Review ShortlistBlack Caucus of the American Library Association 2015 Honor Book in FictionBooklist Starred ReviewO, The Oprah Magazine "10 Titles to Pick Up Now" "Lauren Francis-Sharma's talent shines."-USA Today A glorious and moving multigenerational, multicultural ... Read More about 'Til the Well Runs Dry: A Novel