You Bring the Distant Near

By Mitali Perkins

Book Overview

A 2017 National Book Award Longlist Title with six starred reviews
A School Library Journal's Best Books of 2017
A New York City Public Library's Notable 50 Best Books for Teens
2018 South Asia Book Award Winner
2018 White Ravens Award Winner
A Louisiana Readers' Choice Award Nominee

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, and the inheritance of culture--for better or worse.

From a grandmother worried that her children are losing their Indian identity to a daughter wrapped up in a forbidden biracial love affair to a granddaughter social-activist fighting to preserve Bengali tigers, award-winning author Mitali Perkins weaves together the threads of a family growing into an American identity.

Here is a sweeping story of five women at once intimately relatable and yet entirely new.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374304904
• ISBN13: 9780374304904
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 12 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 7 to Postsecondary