Grade 5 and Up
Aspiring photographer
Dylan Moore jumps at the chance to join his best friend, Rohit Lal, on a family
trip to India. But each boy comes to the trip with a problem: Rohit is
desperate to convince his parents not to leave him behind in Mumbai with his
aunt to finish school, and Dylan is desperate to stay in India to prove himself
as a photographer and to avoid his parents’ constant fighting. Keeping their
struggles to themselves threatens to tear the boys apart. Can Dylan and Rohit
set aside their differences to navigate India safely, confront their family
issues, and salvage their friendship.
This
book describes everything you would ever want to know about India and its
culture. If you ever visit India you should probably learn about Indian culture
before hand so you don’t offend anyone there.
Example:
It might be hard to believe but in India cows are sacred. Cows have the right
of way and if one is sitting in the road, people just go around it.
I
don’t know about you but this book pretty much discouraged me from ever
visiting India (And I’ve never wanted to go in the first place). For one thing,
there are way way too many people. In
the book it’s said that about 1 billion people live there and they don’t seem
to like outsiders. A second thing, there is way too much filth. If you read
this book you’ll find out just how much filth there is but I won’t go into
detail.
In
this story, I’ve found the cruelest, most vile villain, Anjali, Rohit’s aunt.
From what I can tell she’s obsessed with her brother, Robit’s father, and she
saw his marriage to Rohit’s mother as his love being taken away from her. She
tries to keep Rohit in Indian to live with her, I think, just to spite her
brother’s wife and I don’t think Anjali even likes Rohit. She kind of reminds
me of an Indian Cruella de Vil, who in my opinion is the most evil of all the
Disney villains.
Also,
you’re on your own pronouncing any Indian word because I have no idea. I don’t
even know how to pronounce ‘Rohit’.
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