Gita Varadarajan
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Young Joe and Ravi think they have nothing in common. Joe has lived in the same little town his whole life, but recently his best friends moved away, leaving him alone. Ravi and his family just moved there from India, and he just wants to fit in. When the two boys run afoul of the same bully, they discover they do have something in common after all, and scheme together to take control of their lives.
2) My bindi
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Divya admires how her mother wears her bindi, a red dot on her forehead, every day. Her mother explains that's what Hindu girls do, and the third eye looks inside you and protects you. When the day arrives for Divya to choose a bindi to wear to school, she begins to worry about what other kids will say. However, once she chooses one and looks in the mirror, she is proud of her heritage and of herself. At school, her bindi gives her the courage to...