Sed. Imagina Un Mundo Donde El Agua Es Para Todos / Thirst (Spanish Edition)

by Varsha Bajaj (Author)

Sed. Imagina Un Mundo Donde El Agua Es Para Todos / Thirst  (Spanish Edition)
Reading Level: 6th − 7th Grade

Bestseller del New York Times.

La fascinante historia de Minni, una niña que defiende su convicción de que el agua debe ser para todos.

Minni vive en la parte más pobre de Mumbai, con acceso limitado a agua potable. Horas de espera para usar el grifo comunal marcan sus días. Pero, últimamente, incluso ese acceso está amenazado por los cortes de agua y, como Minnie descubre una noche, por ladrones.

Sin embargo, el edificio donde trabaja al servicio de una familia privilegiada tiene agua potable todo el día y hasta una alberca en el techo.

Es allí donde Minni se encuentra con el jefe de la mafia del agua. ¿Debe denunciarlo, incluso si pierde su trabajo y pone se pone en riesgo? ¿Cuándo la vida se volvió tan difícil? 

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Varsha Bajaj
Varsha Bajaj (varshabajaj.com) is the author of the middle grade novels Thirst (a New York Times bestseller and Global Read Aloud selection), Count Me In, and Abby Spencer Goes to Bollywood. She also wrote the picture books The Home Builders (an Imagination Library selection, 2020-2024) and This Is Our Baby, Born Today (a Bank Street Best Book). She grew up in Mumbai, India, and when she came to the United States to obtain her master's degree, her adjustment to the country was aided by her awareness of the culture through books. She lives in Houston, Texas.

Archana Sreenivasan (archanasreenivasan.com) is an illustrator based in Bangalore, India. Her books with starred reviews include Desert Girl, Monsoon Boy by Tara Dairman and the award-winning Seven Golden Rings by Rajani LaRocca. In 2023, she debuted as author-illustrator with her board book India on a Plate! She studied animation film design at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, and participated in a summer residency at the School of Visual Arts in New York, where she studied illustration.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781644738368
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
Vintage Espanol
Publication date
August 20, 2023
Series
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BISAC categories
JUV039070 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Homelessness & Poverty
JUV030020 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Asia
JUV029010 - Juvenile Fiction | Nature & the Natural World | Environment
Library of Congress categories
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