THE-NOT-SO-STAR-SPANGLED-LIFE-OF-SUNITA-SEN-ORIGINALLY-PUBLISHED-AS-THE-SUNITA-EXPERIMENT

1. [Mobile book] The Not-So-Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen (Originally published as: The Sunita Experiment) The Not-So-Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen (Originally published as: The Sunita Experiment) Mitali Perkins *Download PDF | ePub | DOC | audiobook | ebooks #140132 in Books Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 2005-04-06 2005-04-06Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.50 x .48 x 5.50l, .50 #File Name: 0316734535192 pagesGreat product! | File size: 75.Mb Mitali Perkins : The Not-So-Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen (Originally published as: The Sunita Experiment) before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised The Not-So-Star- Spangled Life of Sunita Sen (Originally published as: The Sunita Experiment):

2. 0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Very nice bookBy LuciaImpeccable quality! Great delivery! Great costumer service! It was a require for Language Art project and it was helpful to have our own book to use as we please.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. My daughter loved it.By BitoMomMy daughter lived it. She is half Indian.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. The wanna-be all american girl.By Squiggly LineSquiggly LineISBN:031615525The Wanna-be All-American girl"He is still watching,waiting until she comes gliding down the stairs. Her golden bangels clinking together in a melodious song."Meet Sunita Sen an eighth grader who's Indian. Her life was fine until her grandparents came to stay for a year. Ashamed of her heritage she keeps to herself. Her mom even tells her she can't have boys over-meaning her friend Michael. Sunita makes an excuse to avoid him. Over time Sunita grows fond of her family but not so fast. Find out in this wonderful historical fiction book.Though the book can be a bit confusing it's a page turner. I thought the book was ok because I like the cultural stuff but sometimes my mind would go blank thinking about the book and I would not comprehend what Sunita was thinking sometimes. People who read this book I think should be 14-17 years old. Because people younger or even people who are 13 probably will easily be bored or won't quite get what is going on with the main character. To add more to the subject it was hard to concentrate on because sometimes I couldn't understand and have to re-read it and didn't know what they were wearing sometimes. I liked the book because I absolutely love the history of our world and I have never learned so much about India than I have in this book. I liked this genre alot because it taught me that some of us don't like our heritage or where we came from. Or that we are not like everybody else because we have diffierent customs than they do. My most favorite part about the book was the cliff hangers at the end of most of the chapters like this one: "As I flopped down on my bed I knew in a few minutes my life would come crashing down. Then the door bell rang." But all in all I totally reccomend this book to everyone who is willing to read a book about a cultural, pressured,Indian girl name Sunita Sen. In this engaging story about cultural discovery, thirteen-year-old Sunita finds herself resenting her Indian heritage when her grandparents come for a visit from India to California. She's embarrassed by the differences she feels between herself and her friends, but she's in for some surprises as she gets to know her grandparents -- and herself! Includes a readers guide. From Publishers WeeklySunita Sen, the eighth-grade heroine of this disarming first novel, is sure that her grandparents' protracted visit from India will ruin her social life. She wants only to be normal--but her mother, the college teacher, has traded in her wardrobe of tailored suits for a succession of sarees, and Sunita can no longer invite boys over. Torn between her love for her family and self-consciousness about their Indian traditions, Sunita walls herself off from everyone. Gradually, however, she learns to appreciate the possibilities of a cultural mingling. To Perkins's credit, this change occurs naturally and not as the direct result of any one conflict or event. Perkins combines her fresh, unaffected prose with moving bits of Indian poetry and lore, rendering this well-thought-out investigation of cultural identity doubly moving. Colorful material about Indian customs, language and religion is sturdily woven into a funny, honest and homespun story. Ages 8-12. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.From School Library JournalGrade 6-9-- When her (Eastern) Indian grandparents arrive for a year-long visit, outgoing eighth grader Sunita Sen feels caught between two cultures. Her Westernized upbringing is threatened when her parents discourage visits from boys; her cosmopolitan mother dons traditional dress and takes a sabbatical from her college teaching job; and the aroma of curry fills the house each day. Embarrassed by her heritage, Sunita withdraws from her classmates. But her friends are admirably patient and tolerate her rebuffs, and gradually she begins to appreciate her grandparents' wisdom and values. In a cathartic moment, she discovers that her mother has been under pressure, too, and is also unhappy with the family's altered lifestyle. This novel realistically addresses numerous issues, including Sunita's temporary rejection of an African-American classmate when both girls are referred to as "colored." Her adolescent angst over social acceptance, family discord, and personal identity will be familiar to readers; positive solutions and role models are presented for dealing with cultural differences, peer relationships, and domestic problems. --Gerry Larson, Chewning Junior High School, Durham, NCCopyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.From Kirkus sFirst-novelist Perkins makes tangible the ups and downs of American children from non-Western families. Sunita Sen hasn't given her Bengali heritage much thought until her old-fashioned grandparents arrive for a year in the US. Suddenly, Sunni's mother leaves her teaching job and turns in her workout gear for flowing silk sarees; the family's pizza and sushi nights are thrown over for home-cooked samosa and other traditional dishes. Deciding that would-be boyfriend Michael will never understand her ``weird'' family, Sunni goes into self-imposed exile; she experiences racism when she and an African-American student are both pejoratively referred to as ``colored.'' Grandparents Didu and Dadu, however, relish American culture and have depths of tolerance and understanding that even their own daughter failed to recognize. Though all the characters are fully realized, it's the endearing elderly couple (he gardens, she adores soap operas) who give this story its old-world roots; Sunni's parents seem far more torn between cultures than their typically American teenage children. Gentle and palatable, the lessons are offered with compassion and

3. easily absorbed insights. (Fiction. 10+) -- Copyright 1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.