"From the smallest unborn kitten to the huge killer whales that swim just off the shore... Anjali Banerjee's lively story... is a celebration of life." -Kathi Appelt, author of The Underneath
"The author addresses cultural misunderstandings and fears while telling a universal tale of family love and devotion."
-School Library Journal
"Banerjee's novel provides discussable issues and multicultural insights as well as humor and emotion. An excellent read-aloud." -Booklist
"[A] moving story about surviving an unexpected, shocking loss." -The Horn Book Magazine
PRAISE FOR
MAYA RUNNING
"[A] touching debut novel... featuring fantastic elements of Indi- an lore." -Publishers Weekly
"Eloquently composed... insightfully written... compelling and imaginative." -The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books