Sejal Sinha Battles Superstorms (Sejal Sinha #1)

by Maya Prasad (Author) Abira Das (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
Series: Sejal Sinha

The Magic School Bus meets Over the Moon in this first book in a new chapter book series about a young Indian American girl who loves science and has a big imagination!

Sejal Sinha is looking forward to celebrating Diwali with her family. But when a hurricane appears, Sejal and her cousin Mira learn that the house is in danger from the imminent storm. With the help of Sejal's favorite stuffed animal, Professor Cheetah, the two girls use Cardboard Box Magic to build their own Hurricane Hunter and fly into the eye of the hurricane!

They learn about a project from the 1960s called Project Stormfury, where a team actually tried to stop hurricanes. Can Sejal and Mira do what the previous Stormfury team couldn't and battle the superstorm?

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Kirkus Reviews

An absorbing read that balances lessons about friendship and science. 

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The future looks sunny for this fun and informative STEM chapter-book series opener.
Maya Prasad
Maya Prasad is a South Asian American author, a Caltech graduate, and a former software engineer. She currently resides in the Pacific Northwest, where she enjoys hiking, canoeing, and raising her budding bookworm kiddo. She's the author of young adult novel Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things and the Sejal Sinha chapter book series. Maya has also had short fiction published in Foreshadow: Stories to Celebrate the Magic of Reading and Writing YA, Cast of Wonders, and Voyage YA. She is passionate about creating brown girl leads in children's literature.

Abira Das is a freelance artist with experience in book illustration, graphic design, and video game art. She is the illustrator of the Sejal Sinha chapter book series.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781665911771
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Publication date
May 20, 2023
Series
Sejal Sinha
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV051000 - Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
JUV029020 - Juvenile Fiction | Nature & the Natural World | Weather
Library of Congress categories
Imagination
East Indian Americans
Hurricanes
Divali

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