I Kick and I Fly
by Ruchira Gupta
"Any work from Ruchira Gupta is sure to further the cause of liberating women,... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Sports
- Cultural Experience
- Women / Girls
- South Asian
Year Published 2023
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Physical Education
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Child trafficking--India--Juvenile fiction
- Debt--Juvenile fiction
- Teenage girls
- Debt--Fiction
- Kung fu
- Teenage girls--India--Juvenile fiction
- Youth hostels--India--Juvenile fiction
- Teenage girls--India--Fiction
- Child trafficking--India--Fiction
- Family life--Fiction
- Sex trades--Fiction
- Families--Juvenile fiction
- Kung fu--Juvenile fiction
- Youth hostels--India--Fiction
- Prostitution
- Prostitution--Fiction
- Debt
- Families--Fiction
- Child trafficking
- Kung fu--Fiction
- Youth hostels
- Families
- Prostitution--Juvenile fiction
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Awards & Distinctions 5

South Asia Book Award for Children's & Young Adult Literature, 2012-2024
Winner, 2024

Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2025
Commended, 2024

Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2011-2025
Top 10 Selection, 2024

Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Winner, 2024

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2025
Sports Selection, 2023
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