Pashmina

A Junior Library Guild Selection 2017Amazon Top Twenty Children's Book of the Year 2017Amazon Best Book of the month December 2017Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2017Texas Maverick Graphic Novel 2017Northern California Indie Bookseller Association Long-List TitlePriyanka Das has so many unanswered questions: Why did her mother abandon her home in India years ago? And most importantly, who is her father, and why did her mom leave him behind? What was it like there?

That is, until she find a mysterious pashmina tucked away in a forgotten suitcase. But Pri's mom avoids these questions--the topic of India is permanently closed.For Pri, her mother's homeland can only exist in her imagination. When she wraps herself in it, she is transported to a place more vivid and colorful than any guidebook or Bollywood film.

But is this the real India? And