02302cam a2200445 i 4500 966902725 TxAuBib 20230911120000.0 230127s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022046749 9780374388515 hardcover $17.99 0374388512 hardcover $17.99 (OCoLC)1335403690 TxAuBib rda Perkins, Mitali, author. Hope in the valley [Book] / Mitali Perkins. First edition. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2023. ©2023. 291 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Twelve-year-old Indian-American Pandita Paul deals with change, grief, friendship, and growing up in a community facing a housing crisis. Twelve-year-old Indian-American Pandita Paul doesn't like change. She's not ready to start middle school and leave the comforts of childhood behind. Most of all, Pandita doesn't want to feel like she's leaving her mother, who died a few years ago, behind. After a falling out with her best friend, Pandita is planning to spend most of her summer break reading and writing in her favorite secret the abandoned but majestic mansion across the street. But then the unthinkable happens. The town announces that the old home will be bulldozed in favor of new maybe affordable housing. With her family on opposing sides of the issue, Pandita must find her voice and the strength to move on in order to give her community hope. Ages 8-12 Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers. Grades 4-6 Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers. 20230911. East Indian Americans Fiction. Friendship Fiction. Grief Fiction. Change Fiction. Neighborhoods Fiction. Self-actualization (Psychology) Fiction. Self-actualization Fiction. Children's stories. Social problem fiction. Psychological fiction. RV8