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Title	:	Blue Jasmine
Author	:	Kashmira Sheth
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 192 pages
Published	:	April 1st 2006 by Disney-Hyperion (first published January 1st 2004)
Categories	:	Young Adult. Realistic Fiction. Cultural. India. Fiction. Childrens. Juvenile

Blue Jasmine

Kashmira Sheth

Paperback | Pages: 192 pages

Rating: 3.88 | 548 Users | 81 Reviews

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When twelve-year-old Seema Trivedi learns that she and her family must move from their small Indian town to Iowa City, she realizes she'll have to say good-bye to the purple-jeweled mango trees and sweet-smelling jasmine, to the monsoon rains and the bustling market. More important, she must leave behind her best friend and cousin, Raju. Everything is different in Iowa City, where Seema feels like an outsider to the language and traditions. As she begins to plant roots in the foreign soil, however, her confidence starts to bloom, and she learns she can build a bridge between two homes. With lyrical language and poignant scenes, Kashmira Sheth unearths the meaning of "home" and "family" in this tender debut novel. Kashmira Sheth's own experiences as a teenager who moved by herself from India to America inspired her to write this novel. She is a microbiologist and lives with her family in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Original Title:	Blue Jasmine
ISBN:	0786855657 (ISBN13: 9780786855650)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	India

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Ratings: 3.88 From 548 Users | 81 Reviews

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Leaving India for the United States is difficult for twelve-year-old Seema Trivedi because she lives in a very close-knit family situation. Her family is not fleeing her country, but is moving so her father can have a job that he enjoys. As Seema transitions to this new kind of life, we see the difficulties of learning a new language, making friends, and finding out how to still be yourself in a new place. We see some of Seemas Indian culture, but mostly we see her as she learns about friendship

Seema's transition from India to Iowa is not smooth, and I'd have been disappointed if it were. She's constantly being shaken in her responses to people, particularly who her friends really are and what a friend is. I also liked that the cultural differences matter to her (her recognition that the use of the swastika, which in India is a Sanskrit good luck symbol, might not be appropriate here in the US, for example). Living in a relatively diverse area of the US, I knew what she was talking

I wish this character had sounded more like a real twelve-year-old girl. All the kid characters in the story had this problem -- they all sounded much older than their ages, and they all sounded the same. I mean, what twelve-year-old says things like, "Inside our hearts we were feeling the warmth and light of a new friendship"? I think the story would have done better written in the third person.That said, nine-to-twelves will enjoy this story of a girl transitioning between two cultures. In

My daughter and I read this book. We read a chapter a night for 14 nights. I think the story is very well done and it is a great way to introduce the idea of cultural differences and similarities. I also think it is a great example of how friendships form.The book is well written and while it is for tweens, I think it is written in such a way, with attention to language and plot, that adults will love it too.

Seema learns that her family is moving from India to Iowa City where her dad takes a job. She struggles leaving behind her familiar city, but also her close relationship with her cousin. The transition to Iowa City is at times awkward and difficult and Seema learns the significance of the meaning of home, especially after an emergency trip back to India. At times I thought that AN IMPORTANT LESSON was being taught and was both a little clunky and wrapped up too nicely, but the book overall was

"Blue Jasmine" talks about the problems children face when they're forced to emigrate with their parents to a new home in a very sensitive way and keeps it understandable for kids. In spite of the easy language this book should be interesting to adults as well, since the problems protagonist Seema is facing apply to adult situations (outside and beyond school) as well.I liked it very much that - while she gets to know the American culture - her understanding for her own culture deepens as well.

I had actually been looking for her newer book and couldn't find it, so I got this one in the meantime. Seema, 12, has just found out that her family is moving from India to the United States. The story is a fairly typical one -- outsider learns to adjust and goes from the fish out of water to swimming with the school. It does have a couple twists, though. One is when a family emergency calls them back to India. Seema realizes how much she has changed, but also how much her roots are still a