Padma Venkatraman

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1) A time to dance

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Venkatraman, Padma

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IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5

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In India, a girl who excels at Bharatanatyam dance refuses to give up after losing a leg in an accident.

2) The bridge home

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Venkatraman, Padma

Pub. Date

2019.

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IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5

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Four determined homeless children make a life for themselves in Chennai, India.

3) Climbing The Stairs

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Venkatraman, Padma

Pub. Date

[2008]

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IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7

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In India, in 1941, when her father becomes brain-damaged in a non-violent protest march, fifteen-year-old Vidya and her family are forced to move in with her father's extended family and become accustomed to a totally different way of life.

4) Born behind bars

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Venkatraman, Padma

Pub. Date

[2021]

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IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5

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In Chennai, india, after spending his whole life in jail with his mother, who is serving time for a crime she did not commit, nine-year-old Kabir is suddenly released and has to figure out how to survive on his own in the outside world.

5) Women mathematicians

Author

Venkatraman, Padma

Pub. Date

[2009]

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IL: UG - BL: 10.2 - AR Pts: 6

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Short biographies of six women, each of whom faced huge obstacles to the pursuit of mathematics and overcame those obstacles to advance science