Mitali Perkins

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  • Bibliography:
    15 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 1994
  • Latest Book:
    September 2024
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Extreme American Makeover

First Daughter (Jun-2007)

Book List in Order: 15 titles

  • Sunita Experiment

    When her grandparents come for a visit from India to California, thirteen-year-old Sunita finds herself resenting her Indian heritage and embarrassed by the differences she feels between herself and her friends...

  • The Not-So-Star-Spangled Life Of Sunita Sen

    She was an all-American girl . . . until they showed up. Meet Sunita Sen. She likes to write, loves to play tennis, and gets swept away every time she watches the movie Casablanca (especially when she imagines Michael Morrison in the lead role). E...

  • Rickshaw Girl

    Naima is a talented painter of traditional alpana patterns, which Bangladeshi women and girls paint on their houses for special celebrations. But Naima is not satisfied just painting alpana. She wants to help earn money for her family, like her best ...

  • First Daughter

    Extreme American Makeover

    The race for the presidency is on, and Sameera's dad is a contender. Sameera's looking forward to some cool campaign perks: hobnobbing with celebrities, meeting smart and hunky young voters, and getting a total makeover. The makeover succeeds in maki...

  • Monsoon Summer

    From the author of Rickshaw Girl and You Bring the Distant Near, a National Book Award Longlist title, comes a story about the magic of India’s monsoon season -- “monsoon madness” -- and all the change it brings to a teenage girl and her family...

  • Secret Keeper

    When her father loses his job and leaves India to look for work in America, Asha Gupta, her older sister, Reet, and their mother must wait with Baba's brother and his family, as well as their grandmother, in Calcutta. Uncle is welcoming, but in a cou...

  • Bamboo People

    Bang! A side door bursts open. Soldiers pour into the room. They're shouting and waving rifles. I shield my head with my arms. It was a lie! I think, my mind racing. Girls and boys alike are screaming. The soldiers prod and herd some of ...

  • Open Mic

    Using humor as the common denominator, a multicultural cast of YA authors steps up to the mic to share stories touching on race. Listen in as ten YA authors -- some familiar, some new -- use their own brand of humor to share their stories about gr...

  • Tiger Boy

    "One of the new tiger cubs has escaped from the reserve!" When a tiger cub escapes from a nature reserve near Neel's island village, the rangers and villagers hurry to find her before the cub's anxious mother follows suit and endan...



  • You Bring the Distant Near

    This elegant young adult novel captures the immigrant experience for one Indian-American family with humor and heart. Told in alternating teen voices across three generations, YOU BRING THE DISTANT NEAR explores sisterhood, first loves, friendship, a...

  • Forward Me Back to You

    Katina King is the reigning teen jiu-jitsu champion of Northern California, but she's having trouble fighting off the secrets in her past. Robin Thornton was adopted from an orphanage in Kolkata, India and is reluctant to take on his future. S...

  • Between Us and Abuela

    It's almost time for Christmas, and Maria is traveling with her mother and younger brother, Juan, to visit their grandmother on the border of California and Mexico. For the few minutes they can share together along the fence, Maria and her brothe...

  • Home Is in Between

    In this timely yet timeless picture book, Home Is in Between, critically-acclaimed author Mitali Perkins uses her own childhood to describe the experience of navigating multiple cultures and embracing the space--the hyphen--in between them. Shanti...

  • Hope in the Valley

    Hope in the Valley, from National Book Award Nominee Mitali Perkins, is a middle-grade novel exploring grief, friendship, family, and growing up in a community facing a housing crisis.Twelve-year-old Indian-American Pandita Paul doesn't like change. ...

  • Between My Hands

    In this encouraging, reassuring picture book, National Book Award nominee Mitali Perkins invokes the Indian custom of namaste, meaning “I bow to you,” to show how little hands are capable of great love. What’s between your handswhen...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Mitali Perkins has published 15 books.

The next book by Mitali Perkins, Between My Hands, will be published in September 2024.

The first book by Mitali Perkins, Sunita Experiment, was published in April 1994.

Yes. Mitali Perkins has 1 series.
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