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a dancer eager to explore life outside her family's home

Hope in the Valley GRAM Community Day In a powerfulIn her debut middle grade novel, National Book Award Nominee Mitali Perkins explores grief, friendship, family, 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