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Slumgirl Dreaming: Rubina's Journey to the Stars

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By Anne Berthod; Divya Dugar
Publisher Random House Children's Books - (Delacorte Books for Young Readers)
Slumgirl Dreaming: Rubina's Journey to the Stars
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My name is Rubina Ali. I dont know when my birthday is, and nor does my father, but I do know that I am nine years old. Young Rubina is a oneinamillion star. Plucked from among five hundred slumkids who auditioned for Danny Boyles multiOscarwinning filmSlumdog Millionaire,she saw her fairytale 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 ratinfested 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 setsincluding the hilarious incident when her costar came to be covered in chocolate from head to toe. After her brief encounter with redcarpet 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.

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39136 words39,136 words
192 pages192 pages
Lexile 780LLexile 780L
Grade 6 to 9Grade 6 to 9
Age 11-14Age 11-14
Published 2009Published 2009

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Book ISBN:

9780375897122

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