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Age Range : 6 - 10

At the time of his death in 1996

like sometimes happens when facing bullies at school

that resonates to this day

Sold Juvenile Nonfiction Biography & Autobiography - Women Technology - How Things Work Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology Age Range : 6 -The powerful, poignant, bestselling National Book Award finalist gives voice to a young girl robbed of her childhood yet determined to find the strength to triumph. Lakshmi is a thirteen year old girl who lives with her family in a small hut on a mountain in Nepal. Though desperately poor, her life is full of simple pleasures, like playing hopscotch with her best friend from school, and having her mother brush her hair by the light of an oil lamp. But