No Ordinary Day

Description:

Valli is an orphan who lives on the streets of Kolkata, India. No matter how bad her life seems, there are people who are worse off than her - the lepers. And then, one day, she finds out that she also has leprosy. This is a powerful story about poverty, leprosy suffering and survival, but it's also about hope and compassion, and the power of each individual to make a difference.

subjects: Homeless persons,  Juvenile fiction,  Fiction,  Orphans,  Leprosy,  Cousins,  Coal,  Poverty,  Street life,  Coal miners,  Children's fiction,  Orphans, fiction,  Leprosy, fiction,  Homeless persons, fiction,  Coal mines and mining, fiction,  Family, fiction,  Poverty, fiction,  India, fiction