The Samosa Rebellion

Product Description Critically acclaimed author Shanthi Sekaran makes her middle grade debut with this timely and stunning novel in which a young boy and his friends must rescue his grandmother from a relocation camp after their country\x26#8217;s descent into xenophobia. Perfect for fans of\x26nbsp;The Night Diary\x26nbsp;and\x26nbsp;Front Desk. Before his grandmother moved from India to the island of Mariposa, Muki Krishnan\x26#8217;s life was good. But now? He has to share his bedroom with Paati, his grandmother, who snores like a bulldozer and wakes him up at dawn to do yoga. Paati\x26#8217;s arrival coincides with even bigger changes in Mariposa. The president divides citizens into\x26nbsp;Butterflies\x26#8212;families who have lived in Mariposa for three generations\x26#8212;and\x26nbsp;Moths, who, like Muki\x26#8217;s family, are more recent immigrants. The changes are small at first. But then Muki and his friends find a camp being built to imprison Moths before sending them away. Soon after, his Paati is captured and taken there. While devising Paati\x26#8217;s escape, Muki discovers that a secret rebellion is underway, and as he digs deeper, he realizes that rescuing Paati will be the fight of his life. Review Warm and charming in its exploration of family and friendship, it's also sharp and clear-eyed in its depiction of a country's frightening slide toward an anti-immigrant nationalism. -- "Trenton Lee Stewart, New York Times bestselling author" About the Author Shanthi Sekaran teaches creative writing at California College of the Arts and is a member of the Portuguese Artists Colony and the San Francisco Writers Grotto. Her work has appeared in Best New American Voices, Canteen, and online. Her first novel, The Prayer Room, was published by MacAdam Cage.