Mitali Perkins
Mitali Perkins has written several books for young readers, including Between Us and Abuela, Forward Me Back to You,You Bring the Distant Near (a National Book Award Nominee, a Walter Honor Book, a South Asia Book Award Winner, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, and a Shelf Awareness 2017 Best Book of the Year), Rickshaw Girl (a NYPL Top 100 Book), and Bamboo People (an ALA Top 10 YA novel). Mitali was born in India and currently resides in Northern California.
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Home Is in Between
Mitali Perkins; illustrated by Lavanya Naidu
FSG Books for Young Readers
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
From National Book Award nominee Mitali Perkins comes a sweet and innovative picture book about a first-generation immigrant child living in America.
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Available 02/23/2021
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Forward Me Back to You
Mitali Perkins
Square Fish
Square Fish
The highly anticipated next YA novel from the author of National Book Award-nominated You Bring the Distant Near explores new love, tenuous friendships, and the dark underworld of human trafficking.
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Between Us and Abuela
Mitali Perkins; illustrated by Sara Palacios
FSG Books for Young Readers
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
From award-winning author Mitali Perkins comes her timely debut picture book about love overcoming the border fences between Mexico and the United States.
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You Bring the Distant Near
Mitali Perkins
Square Fish
Square Fish
Told in alternating teen voices across three generations, You Bring the Distant Near explores sisterhood, first loves, friendship, and the inheritance of culture—for better or worse.
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