Slumgirl Dreaming

Author : Rubina Ali,Anne Berthod,Divya Dugar
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780385739085

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Slumgirl Dreaming by Rubina Ali,Anne Berthod,Divya Dugar Pdf

My name is Rubina Ali. I don't know when my birthday is, and nor does my father, but I do know that I am nine years old. Young Rubina is a one-in-a-million star. Plucked from among five hundred slumkids who auditioned for Danny Boyle's multi-Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire, she saw her fairy-tale dream of stardom come true. Now that she has stepped into the limelight, what will life hold for a young girl from the Mumbai slums? Rubina tells her own incredible story, bringing to life a world of wastelands and rat-infested shanty dwellings, where she played marbles with her friends beside the sewers of Garib Nagar. She introduces her beloved father, a hardworking rickshaw puller, and her siblings. And then Rubina tells of the kindness of Danny Boyle and of the time she spent on the film sets--including the hilarious incident when her costar came to be covered in chocolate from head to toe. After her brief encounter with red-carpet glamour, how will Rubina come to terms with the conditions in which she, her family, and her friends continue to live since Hollywood came knocking? This is her compelling story.

Author : Rubina Ali
Publisher : CCV Digital
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009-12-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1409091295

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Slumgirl Dreaming by Rubina Ali Pdf

Author : Rubina Ali
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Child actors
ISBN : 8184000278

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Slumgirl Dreaming: My Journey to the Stars by Rubina Ali Pdf

From the slums of Garib Nagar in Bandra East to the red carpet of the Oscars nineyear-old Rubina s journey has been an astonishing one, almost as astonishing as Jamal s quiz showvictory in Slumdog Millionaire. This is her story-of playing marbles in the gulees of Garib Nagar with her friends, reluctantlygoing to school and dreaming of acting in films, and then having it come true. But underneath thisfairy tale lies a grimmer reality, the reality that faces countless number of slum children. Rubinabrings alive the world of the chawls with its wastelands and shanty dwellings, the lives of thechildren who grow up in them, the story of her rickshaw puller father, and the rest of her family.She tells us about life on the film set, the aftermath of the Oscars (including the controversy overher father), and how it feels to have the media spotlight on her. What does it mean for a little girl tomove from slum to star so quickly? What will the future hold for her?

Author : Sonja Cole
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781598846140

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Booktalking Around the World by Sonja Cole Pdf

This text contains convenient, ready-to-go booktalks for contemporary fiction and nonfiction books set in every continent around the globe, useful for librarians and other educators of grades three through nine. A public librarian introducing young readers to stories from around the world. A social studies teacher wanting to offer students extra credit on a unit about ancient Greece. A Spanish teacher who needs to generate some excitement and interest about Hispanic culture. All of these educators can achieve their goals by utilizing the internationally themed booktalk suggestions in this text—Booktalking Around the World: Great Global Reads for Ages 9–14. This collection of booktalks and book lists is designed to be an invaluable resource for teachers as well as school and public librarians seeking geographically themed booktalks for newer books published from 2000–2010. Because studying the countries of the world is a major part of most school curricula, this book will support or extend this important curricular area. All the booktalks in this collection are aimed at children aged 9–14. All seven continents are represented, but the United States is excluded.

Author : Gayle Kimball
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781527525511

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How Global Youth Values Will Change Our Future by Gayle Kimball Pdf

How Global Youth Values Will Change Our Future reveals the values and religious beliefs of Generations Y and Z, representing over 4,000 young people from 88 countries. This book is based on their own voices, rather than adult projections from multiple-choice surveys. It also includes futurists’ projections of significant trends to predict where society is headed. As the largest, best-educated, and most connected generation ever, today’s youth are creating a more democratic world.

Author : Gayle Kimball
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443891554

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Ageism in Youth Studies by Gayle Kimball Pdf

Ageism is prevalent in a great deal of current scholarship in the social sciences as scholars fault youth for being delinquent or politically apathetic. Researchers ignore young people’s actual voices, despite their leadership in recent global uprisings, some of which unseated entrenched dictators. Neoliberalism must be exposed in its focus on youth sub-cultures and styles rather than economic barriers caused by growing inequality and rising youth unemployment rates. Ageism in Youth Studies also discusses the debate about “Generation We or Me” and if Millennials are narcissistic. Resources about global youth studies are included, along with the results of the author’s surveys and interviews with over 4,000 young people from 88 countries.

Author : Mrinalini Chakravorty
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780231537766

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In Stereotype by Mrinalini Chakravorty Pdf

In Stereotype confronts the importance of cultural stereotypes in shaping the ethics and reach of global literature. Mrinalini Chakravorty focuses on the seductive force and explanatory power of stereotypes in multiple South Asian contexts, whether depicting hunger, crowdedness, filth, slums, death, migrant flight, terror, or outsourcing. She argues that such commonplaces are crucial to defining cultural identity in contemporary literature and shows how the stereotype's ambivalent nature exposes the crises of liberal development in South Asia. In Stereotype considers the influential work of Salman Rushdie, Aravind Adiga, Michael Ondaatje, Monica Ali, Mohsin Hamid, and Chetan Bhagat, among others, to illustrate how stereotypes about South Asia provide insight into the material and psychic investments of contemporary imaginative texts: the colonial novel, the transnational film, and the international best-seller. Probing circumstances that range from the independence of the Indian subcontinent to poverty tourism, civil war, migration, domestic labor, and terrorist radicalism, Chakravorty builds an interpretive lens for reading literary representations of cultural and global difference. In the process, she also reevaluates the fascination with transnational novels and films that manufacture global differences by staging intersubjective encounters between cultures through stereotypes.

Author : Tian XianZi
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781648461026

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The Slum Girl and Her Billionaire Husband by Tian XianZi Pdf

Huo Niannian, who was twenty years old, suddenly found out that she had brain cancer. Her only wish was to find her family. On the way to find her family, due to an accidental indulgence, she had coincidentally spent the night with the Imperial Group's CEO, Gu Tingshen. She thought it was a one-night stand, but the jade pendant she had been wearing since she was young was taken away by him. When she went to ask him for the jade pendant, he took the opportunity to ask her to be his wife. From then on, the two of them continued to tangle with each other, and Huo Niannian's life began to be completely reversed ... Not only had she received the money for the treatment, she had even turned from an ugly duckling into a beautiful swan. Under his protection, support, and encouragement, she had led a completely different life ... ***

Author : Rubina Ali,Translator - Maitreye Joshi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8184981090

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Slumgirl Dreaming by Rubina Ali,Translator - Maitreye Joshi Pdf

OUR LIVES ARE PRETTY SIMILAR TO THE CHARACTERS WE PLAYED IN THE FILMI WE`VE GONE FROM BEING FROM THE SLUMS OF GARIB NAGAR IN BANDRA EAST TO THE RED CARPET OF THE OSCARS- NINE-YEARS-OLD RUBINA`S JOURNEY HAS BEEN AN ASTONISHING ONE, ALMOST AS ASTONISHING AS JAMAL`S QUIZ SHOW VICTORY IN SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. THIS IS HER STORY- OF PLAYING MARBLES IN THE GULEES OF GARIB NAGAR WITH HER FRIENDS, RELUCTANTLY GOING TO SCHOOL, DREAMING OF ACTING IN FILMS, AND THEN HAVING IT COME TRUE. BUT UNDERNEATH THIS FAIRY TALE LIES A GRIMMER REALITY, THE REALITY THAT FACES COUNTLESS NUMBER OF SLUM CHILDREN. RUBINA BRINGS ALIVE THE WORLD OF THE CHAWLS WITH ITS WASTELANDS AND SHANTY DWELLINGS, THE LIVES OF THE CHILDREN WHO GROW UP IN THEM, THE STORY OF HER CART-PULLER FATHER, AND THE REST OF HER FAMILY. SHE TELLS US ABOUT LIFE ON THE FILM SET, THE AFTERMATH OF THE OSCARS (INCLUDING THE CONTROVERSY OVER HER FATHER), AND HOW IT FEELS TO HAVE THE MEDIA SPOTLIGHT ON HER. WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR A LITTLE GIRL TO MOVE FROM SLUMKID TO STAR SO QUICKLY? WHAT WILL THE FUTURE HOLD FOR HER? रुबिना अली. मुंबईच्या एका झोपडपट्टीत राहून चंदेरी चित्रपट सृष्टीतली चमचमती तारका बनण्याचे स्वप्न पाहणारी एक सिनेमावेडी मुलगी. वय केवळ ८-९ वर्षांचं. मात्र तिचं हे स्वप्न एक दिवस खरोखरीच साकार होतं आणि ती थेट ऑस्करपर्यंत मजल मारते. 'स्लमडॉग मिलेनिअर'मधल्या या चिमुरड्या चित्रतारकेचा हा ऑस्करपर्यंतचा प्रवास आपल्याला या पुस्तकात बघायला मिळेल- तोही तिच्याच शब्दांत! ऑस्कर जिंकूनही पुन्हा त्याच बकाल वस्तीत परत येणा-या रुबिनामधे बालसुलभ निरागसता आणि परिस्थितीनं शिकविलेलं शहाणपण यांचं मजेदार मिश्रण आढळतं. कादंबरीच्या अखेरच्या भागात तर अतिक्रमण विभागाकडून तिचं ते झोपडंही पाडण्यात येतं आणि नाईलाजाने ते लोक तिच्या अब्बांच्या मित्राच्या घरी राहायला जातात. एकीकडे असं चटका देणारं दाहक वास्तव तर दुसरीकडे हॉलीवुडच्या झगमगत्या दुनियेत. अनुभवलेली रेड कार्पेट ट्रीटमेंट!! तो मानसन्मान, ते सत्कार समारंभ, ती यशाची धुंदी!.... या सा-यांचा ताळमेळ घालत रुबिना एक दिवस फार मोठी अभिनेत्री बनण्याची स्वप्न पाहतीये. हा तिचा दुर्दम्य आशावाद; तो ही इतक्या लहान वयात; कौतुकास्पदच!

Author : Steve Cotler
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780385369862

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Cheesie Mack Is Not Exactly Famous by Steve Cotler Pdf

Readers of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and The Name of This Book Is Secret will love Cheesie's wacky lists, drawings, and made-up words as he tells the story of the time he became famous! Sort of. In his fourth adventure, Cheesie and his best friend, Georgie, are exploring a construction site when they find a weird-looking . . . thingie . . . sticking out of the muddy ground. Whatever it is, it's very old. And very valuable! Before they know it, Cheesie and Georgie discover they're in possession of an object that dates all the way back to Colonial times. They're instant celebrities! At least at school. Will Cheesie and Georgie hold on to the ancient artifact and the fame it brings, or give it away for the good of all? Only time will tell!

Author : Penni Russon
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-09
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780449816684

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Only Ever Always by Penni Russon Pdf

Have you ever woken from a dream feeling it was more real than your world? Could there be someone exactly like you living another life? Claire lives in an ordinary world where everything is whole. But now she feels broken into pieces as her world is suddenly shattered with grief. The silvery notes of her music box help her escape from her pain into a dream world, into Clara's world. Clara's world has always been broken. Her fragmented life revolves around scavenging and swapping objects to survive. She is determined to face the sinister side of her cracked reality to save the only family she has ever known. But the cost may be more than she bargained for. Though Claire and Clara live in different worlds, their paths are set to collide when the people they love most are faced with death. But which world is the dream? Who is the dreamer? Penni Russon has written a spellbinding tale that stretches the imagination about what is possible.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1588 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Indexes
ISBN : UCD:31175033803068

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The New York Times Index by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1290 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09
Category : Celebrities
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132677647

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People by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ryan Gebhart
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780763670443

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There Will Be Bears by Ryan Gebhart Pdf

Tyson is determined to hunt an elk — even if it means sneaking his grandpa out of a nursing home — in a debut novel sparked with dry wit and wilderness adventure. Thirteen-year-old Tyson loves hanging out with his roughneck Grandpa Gene, who’s a lot more fun than Tyson’s ex–best friend, Brighton. These days, Bright just wants to be seen with the cool jocks who make fun of Tyson’s Taylor Swift obsession and dorky ways. So when Grandpa Gene has to move to a nursing home that can manage his kidney disease, Tyson feels like he’s losing his only friend. Not only that, but Tyson was counting on Grandpa Gene to take him on his first big hunt. So in defiance of Mom and Dad’s strict orders, and despite reports of a scary, stalking, man-eating grizzly named Sandy, the two sneak off to the Grand Tetons. Yes, there will be action, like shooting and dressing a six-hundred-pound elk. Is Tyson tough enough? There will be heart-pounding suspense: is Grandpa Gene too sick to handle the hunt, miles away from help? And, oh yes, there will be bears. . . .

Author : Shirley Parenteau
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780763680374

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Dolls of Hope by Shirley Parenteau Pdf

How daring is Chiyo prepared to be to keep the American Friendship Doll safe? Inspired by a little-known historical event, this engaging companion to Ship of Dolls is told from a Japanese girl’s point of view. When eleven-year-old Chiyo Tamura is sent from her home in a small Japanese mountain village to a girls’ school in the city of Tsuchiura, she never imagines that she will soon be in Tokyo helping to welcome more than twelve thousand Friendship Dolls from America—including Emily Grace, a gift to her own school. Nor could she dream that she’d have an important role in the crafting of Miss Tokyo, one of fifty-eight Japanese dolls to be sent to America in return. But when an excited Chiyo is asked to be Emily Grace’s official protector, one jealous classmate will stop at nothing to see her fail. How can Chiyo reveal the truth—and restore her own good name? In another heartwarming historical novel, the author of Ship of Dolls revisits the 1926 Friendship Doll exchange, in which teacher-missionary Sidney Gulick organized American children to send thousands of dolls to Japan in hopes of avoiding a future war.