Ahimsa
by Supriya Kelkar
New Visions Award Winner, Tu Books
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- South Asian
- Women / Girls
- Asian
Year Published 2017
Word Count 51,113
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 830L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 194273, 8.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947--Fiction
- Government, Resistance to--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Asia
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Reformers--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Asia
- Social classes--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | General (see also headings under Family)
- Nonviolence--Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Asian Americans
- South Asian
- South Asian History and Culture
- #ArmMeWithBooks
- New York Reads, Juvenile
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Supriya Kelkar about Ahimsa
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Supriya Kelkar
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Discussion Questions from Lee & Low
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Book Trailers 1

Video Book Trailer from Lee & Low
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Awards & Distinctions 3

Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2023
Commended, 2018

South Asia Book Award for Children's & Young Adult Literature, 2012-2022
Honor, 2018

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2022
World History & Culture Selection, 2018
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