Maya Running - Softcover

Banerjee, Anjali

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1974359743 ISBN 13: 9781974359745

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

The small golden statue of the Hindu elephant god, Ganesh, hardly looks like an all-knowing Granter of Wishes. But Ganesh is more powerful than he looks, and he’s about to send a young girl on a magical journey of self-discovery. It’s 1978, and Maya Mukherjee is the only brown-skinned middle schooler in her tiny Manitoba town. Born in India and raised in the land of moose and snow, she feels neither Indian enough for Indians nor Canadian enough for Canadians. She longs to fit in, and she yearns for Jamie Klassen, the local bad boy with the John Travolta strut. Then Maya’s beautiful cousin Pinky arrives from India bearing the scent of sandalwood and her most treasured possession—the statue of Ganesh. When Pinky steals Jamie’s heart, Maya pleads with Ganesh to remove all obstacles to her happiness, a plea that backfires in hilarious and painful ways. She must journey across continents to find the truth, her culture, and herself. In this delightful debut, first published over a decade ago by Wendy Lamb Books/Random House and now available again as a new edition, Anjali Banerjee offers a fresh perspective on universal hopes and dreams, as narrated by an insightful girl with an irrepressible imagination.

About this title

About the Author:

Anjali Banerjee is the acclaimed author of five novels for youngsters and four novels for adults. Born in India, she grew up in Canada and California and received degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. At the age of seven, she wrote her first story about an abandoned puppy she found on a beach in Bengal. Her Pushcart Prize–nominated short fiction has appeared in several literary journals and in the anthology New to North America. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and six rescued cats. Learn more about Anjali on her Web site, www.anjalibanerjee.com.

From the Inside Flap:

Maya Mukherjee doesn’t fit in. She was born in India and her parents moved to Canada when she was a baby. Now it’s the 1970s, and she’s a middle schooler in Manitoba, land of moose and snow. She wants to run on the tundra beneath the Northern Lights, make igloos or snow-angels, see John Travolta, and ride elephants through the Bengal jungle the way her great-grandfather did. Then her gorgeous cousin Pinky comes from India for a visit, bringing a statue of the god Ganesh, the Remover of Obstacles. Maya asks Ganesh to remove all obstacles to her dreams. Like most wishes, it backfires in hilarious and painful ways. Maya must journey across continents to restore the truth and find out who she is.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1974359743
• ISBN 13: 9781974359745
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176