Jasmine Skies
Mira Levenson is bursting with excitement as she flies to India to stay with her aunt and cousin for the first time. As soon as she lands Mira is hurled into the sweltering heat and a place full of new sights, sounds, and deeply buried family secrets . . . From the moment Mira meets Janu she feels an instant connection. He becomes her guide, showing her both the beauty and the chaos of Kolkata. Nothing is as she imagined it - and suddenly home feels a long way away.
Before Mira leaves India she is determined to uncover the truth about her family, whatever it takes, and she must also make a decision that will break someone's heart.
Long listed for the Carnegie Prize 2013
Voted as a 'Recommended Read' by The School Library Association.
Jasmine Skies' is also published by Albert Whitman in the USA.
Shortlisted for the Coventry Book Awards (Voted for by readers) in the ' Read It or Else Category!'
Selected by The Book Trust on a School Librarian's list for Reading Groups as a 'Future Classic.'
“I really wish Sita had been writing when I was growing up as this beautiful, heartfelt book explores so eloquently the need to find your history in order to find yourself.”