Ask me no questions by Marina Tamar Budhos(2006)Fourteen-year-old Nadira, her sister, and their parents leave Bangladesh for New York City, but the expiration of their visas and the events of September 11, 2001, bring frustration, sorrow, and terror for the whole family.
Homeless bird by Gloria Whelan(2001)When thirteen-year-old Koly enters into an ill-fated arranged marriage, she must either suffer a destiny dictated by India's tradition or find the courage to oppose it.
Maya running by Anjali Banerjee(2005)Maya, a Canadian of East Indian descent, struggles with her ethnic identity, infatuation with a classmate, and the presence of her beautiful Bengali cousin, Pinky, who comes for a visit bearing a powerful statue of the god Ganesh, the Hindu elephant boy.
Monsoon summer by Mitali Perkins(2006)Secretly in love with her best friend and business partner Steve, fifteen-year-old Jazz must spend the summer away from him when her family goes to India during that country's rainy season to help set up a clinic.
Naming Maya by Uma Krishnaswami(2004)When Maya accompanies her mother to India to sell her grandfather's house, she uncovers family history relating to her parents divorce and learns more about herself and her relationship with her mother.
Nectar in a sieve by Kamala Markandaya(2002)..this critically acclaimed novel tells the story of India and its people through the eyes of one woman and her experiences in one peasant family in a primitive Indian village. Married as a child bride to a tenant farmer she had never seen, she worked side by side in the field with her husband to wrest a living from the land that was ravaged by droughts, monsoons, and insects. With remarkable fortitude and courage, she sought to meet changing times and fight poverty and disaster.
Shabanu : daughter of the wind by Suzanne Fisher Staples(1989)When eleven-year old Shabanu, the daughter of a nomad in the Cholistan Desert of present-day Pakistan, is pledged in marriage to an older man whose money will bring prestige to the family, she must either accept the decision, as is the custom, or risk the consequences of defying her father's wishes.
The Shalamar Code by Mary Louise Clifford(2006)In Pakistan, fifteen-year-olds Mumtaz and Rashid become involved in political intrigue and drug trafficking when their efforts to stop a man who is spying on Mumtaz's powerful father cost Rashid his job and home.
Shiva's fire by Suzanne Fisher Staples(2000)In India, a talented dancer sacrifices friends and family for her art.
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse(1951)In the novel, Siddhartha, a young man, leaves his family for a contemplative life, then, restless, discards it for one of the flesh. He conceives a son, but bored and sickened by lust and greed, moves on again. Near despair, Siddhartha comes to a river where he hears a unique sound. This sound signals the true beginning of his life -- the beginning of suffering, rejection, peace, and, finally, wisdom.
