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I'm from Here Too
Kashmira Sheth
Ages: 12+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Peachtree Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-68263-606-0
Keywords: Coming-of-Age-Religion, Sikhism, Racism, Novel in Verse, Identity, Family, Intergenerational, Grandfathers, & Grandsons, poetry, racial profiling, hate crimes
At school, 13-year old Anoop, a South Asian Indian American Sikh, is bullied by two boys because of his religion. Can he use the teachings of his faith to deal with their threats? Free-verse novel.