Naming Maya
by Uma Krishnaswami
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- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Area
- South Asian
- Asian / Pacific American
Year Published 2004
Word Count 31,680
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 770L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 80299
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- East Indian Americans
- Divorce--Fiction
- Madras (India)
- Family problems--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Marriage & Divorce
- Family life
- Mothers and daughters
- Family problems
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Asia
- India--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Parents
- Chennai (India)--Fiction
- Divorce
- East Indian Americans--Fiction
- Mothers and daughters--Fiction
- Family life--Fiction
- India
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
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Selection, 2005
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