The Grand Plan to Fix Everything - Couverture rigide

Krishnaswami, Uma

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1416995897 ISBN 13 : 9781416995890

Editeur : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2011

Synopsis

Eleven-year old Dini loves movies—watching them, reading about them, trying to write her own—especially Bollywood movies. But when her mother tells her some big news, it does not at all jive with the script of her life she has in mind. Her family is moving to India…and, not even to Bombay, which is the center of the Bollywood universe and home to Dini’s all-time most favorite star, Dolly. No, Dini is moving to a teeny, tiny village she can’t even find on a map. Swapnagiri. It means Dream Mountain and it only looks like a word that’s hard to pronounce. But to that open-minded person who sounds the name out, one letter at a time, it falls quite handily into place: S-w-a-p-n-a-g-i-r-i. An honest sort of name, with no surprise letters waiting to leap out and ambush the unwary. That doesn’t mean there aren’t surprises in Swapnagiri like mischievous monkeys and a girl who chirps like a bird—and the biggest surprise of all: Dolly.

So now, Dini is hard at work on a new script, the script in which she gets to meet the amazing Dolly. But, life is often more unpredictable than the movies and when Dini starts plotting her story things get a little out of control.

This is a joyful, lively Bollywood inspired story is full of colorful details, delicious confections and the wondrous, magical powers of coincidence. Uma Krisnaswami will have you smiling from ear to ear.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Uma Krishnaswami is the author of several books for children including The Grand Plan to Fix Everything and The Problem with Being Slightly Heroic. She was born in New Delhi, India, and now lives in British Columbia, Canada.

Abigail Halpin is an illustrator/graphic designer living in New England who likes bright colors, all things retro, and sharp pencils.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1416995897
• ISBN 13: 9781416995890
• Reliure: Relié
• Illustrateur: Halpin Abigail
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible