Product Description

When their family falls on hard times, thirteen-year-old Lila and her twelve-year-old brother, Hari, try desperately to keep their home intact--an almost impossible task until Hari gets a chance to go to Bombay and returns with some positive plans for the future.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5169043 in Books
• Published on: 1982-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 156 pages

Customer Reviews

Touching family story
A touching story of how the little kids in a poor family in India work together towards a better future.Definitely worth a read...

story of struggle for survival of children
This book elaborates the difficulties that children from poor Indian families face in their struggle for survival. More so if they have a drunkyard as thier father.Further one gets a closer peep into the problem of migration from villages towards cities in search of prosperity and enhanced employment opportunities.The challenges,brutal struggle for survival of a city life has been clearly elucidated herein. In all its a very satisfying reading experience which promises economic salvation of India in the form of industrialization.