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Venkatraman, Padma,

The bridge home - 194 pages ; 22 cm

Life is harsh in Chennai's teeming streets, so when runaway sisters Viji and Rukku arrive, their prospects look grim. Very quickly, eleven-year-old Viji discovers how vulnerable they are in this uncaring, dangerous world. Fortunately, the girls find shelter--and friendship--on an abandoned bridge. With two homeless boys, Muthi and Arul, the group forms a family of sorts. And while making a living scavenging the city's trash heaps is the pits, the kids find plenty to laugh about and take pride in too. After all, they are now the bosses of themselves and no longer dependent on untrustworthy adults. But when illness strikes, Viji must decide whether to risk seeking help from strangers or to keep holding on to their fragile, hard-fought freedom.

ISBN: 9781524738112 1524738115 9781984813602 1984813609

LCCN: 2018035686

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB8M7410 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 019158745 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Homeless persons--Fiction.
Runaways--Fiction.
Street children--India--Chennai--Juvenile fiction.
Homeless persons--Juvenile fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Chennai (India)--Fiction.
India--Fiction.
Chennai (India)--Juvenile fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Fiction.
Novels.
JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Siblings.
JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Asia.
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Runaways.
Children's stories.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.V5578 / B75 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 813