Rickshaw Girl | 
Earlier this year, I interviewed Mitali Perkins about this new movie based on her old book, code switching, her expanding career and connecting with readers. I hope Rickshaw Girl streams in the U.S. sooner rather than later.
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Full interview can be accessed at: https://wowlit.org/blog/2021/09/07/authors-corner-mitali-perkins/
pickThe book, set in Bangladesh is about Naima, a young girl who wants to help her father who is a rickshaw-puller by earning some money. But she and her sister are not allowed to work, as they are girls.
Naima is good at painting alpanas, a traditional art form. One day she disguises as a boy and starts to paint rickshaws at a newly opened repair shop, whose owner turns out to be a woman. It touches on the power of micro credit to help women earn.
Snow day three... Read the tagged book as it was my #doublespin book this month. I have a couple of graphic novels to get through today as I wait to see if we're off tomorrow.
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