Weird Leela

ISBN-10: 0322044936
ISBN-13: 9780322044937
Category: East Indians
Pages: 48
Language: English
Published: 2000-10-01
Authors: Wright Group, Jyotsna Sreenivasan

Description

Leela can't wait for Ajji, her grandmother, to come visit from India. But when she arrives, everything changes. Nicholas makes fun of the red dot Ajji wears on her forehead. Crystal says Leela and her grandmother are weird. Soon, Leela wishes her grandmother had never come. Before, she was Leela, a normal girl who happened to have brown skin. Now, she's weird Leela, a strange girl from a faraway foreign land. Can Leela find a way to stop the teasing and stay true to herself?

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