Born Behind Bars

by Padma Venkatraman

Book Overview

"Venkatraman has never met a heavy theme she did not like....Borrowing elements of fable, it's told with a recurring sense of awe by a boy whom the world, for most of his life, has existed only in stories."--New York Times Book Review

The author of the award-winning The Bridge Home brings readers another gripping novel set in Chennai, India, featuring a boy who's unexpectedly released into the world after spending his whole...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593112474
• ISBN13: 9780593112472
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8