{"product_id":"keeping-corner-paperback","title":"Keeping Corner - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKashmira Sheth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBa slipped the gold bangles from my wrists. The gold ones were plain so I didn't mind taking them off, but I loved wearing my milk-glass bangles and the lakkh bracelets. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA widow can't wear bangles, she said. They are signs of a woman's good fortune. When your husband dies it's over. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat if my good fortune comes back? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt doesn't.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePretty as a peacock, twelve-year-old Leela had been spoiled all her life. She doesn't care for school and barely marks the growing unrest between the British colonists and her own countrymen. Why should she? Her future has been planned since her engagement at two and marriage at nine.Leela's whole life changes, though, when her husband dies. She's now expected to behave like a proper widow: shaving her head and trading her jewel-toned saris for rough, earth-colored ones. Leela is considered unlucky now, and will have to stay confined to her house for a year-keep corner-in preparation for a life of mourning for a boy she barely knew. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen her schoolteacher hears of her fate, she offers Leela lessons at home. For the first time, despite her confinement, Leela opens her eyes to the changing world around her. India is suffering from a severe drought, and farmers are unable to pay taxes to the British. She learns about a new leader of the people, a man named Gandhi, who starts a political movement and practices \u003ci\u003esatyagraha-\u003c\/i\u003enon-violent protest against the colonists as well as the caste system. The quiet strength of\u003ci\u003esatyagraha\u003c\/i\u003e may liberate her country. Could she use the same path to liberate herself?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKashmira Sheth was inspired to write her first novel, \u003ci\u003eBlue Jasmine\u003c\/i\u003e, by her own experiences as a teenager who moved from India to the United States. The book went on to win an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award. Kashmira is also the author of the young adult book, \u003ci\u003eKoyal Dark, Mango Sweet\u003c\/i\u003e. Kashmira lives in Madison, Wisconsin with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rhode Island Teen Book Award (2010)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Keeping Corner\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Middle Grades, 6 and up\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693981667391,"sku":"9780786838608","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5e980c806ec33719976754fbd6a93b2e.webp?v=1765000615","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/keeping-corner-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}