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Overview
A powerful story about the life-giving force of roti--a round Indian flatbread--and where it comes from, the people who grow it, and what it symbolizes within two families, inspired by the farmers' protests in India. A roti isn't just a roti. It's a day in the hot sun tending to the wheat fields. It's little grains of truth about where we come from. It's a snack in the car for the perfect road trip lunch. It's hundreds of hands over thousands of years, kneading together our story. Told through alternating perspectives of a family in America and a family in India, this powerful cross-continental, intergenerational story proves that something as small as a grain of wheat can create a powerful sense of community.
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- ISBN-13: 9780316339469
- ISBN-10: 0316339466
- Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Publish Date: October 2024
- Dimensions: 10.15 x 10.34 x 0.39 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.99 pounds
- Page Count: 40
- Reading Level: Ages 4-8
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