Bibliograph

96 words for love, Rachel Roy and Ava Dash ; foreword by James Patterson

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96 words for love, Rachel Roy and Ava Dash ; foreword by James Patterson

Language

eng

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resource.interestAgeLevel

12-17

Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

96 words for love

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Oclc number

1082518502

Responsibility statement

Rachel Roy and Ava Dash ; foreword by James Patterson

Summary

James Patterson Presents a modern retelling of a classic Indian legend, 96 Words for Love, a touching coming-of-age story that reads like Eat, Pray, Love for teens.Ever since her acceptance to UCLA, seventeen-year-old Raya Liston has been quietly freaking out. She feels simultaneously lost and trapped by a future already mapped out for her.Then her beloved grandmother dies, and Raya jumps at the chance to spend her last free summer at the ashram in India where her grandmother met and fell in love with her grandfather. Raya hopes to find her center and her true path. But she didn't expect to fall in love ... with a country of beautiful contradictions, her fiercely loyal cousin, a local girl with a passion for reading, and a boy who teaches her that in Sanskrit, there are ninety-six different ways to say the word "love."A modern retelling of the classic Indian legend of Shakuntala and Dushyanta, 96 Words for Love is a coming-of-age story about finding yourself in unexpected places

Target audience

adolescent

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resource.variantTitle

Ninety-six words for love

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