Bombay Blues by Tanuja Desai Hidier (PUSH, an imprint of Scholastic Press, 2014). The dense, chaotic, yet lyrical, pulse of daily life in Bombay collides with the dissonant, hip-hop sensibility of affluent, urban Indian youth in this story of Dimple, a young Indian-American woman’s journey of self-discovery. (Grades 10 and up)
Award Status: Winner, 2015
Award Category: Older Readers
Author: Tanuja Desai Hidier
Read more and purchase on the author’s website.
Lesson Plan
- Watch the music video for “Heptanesia”, from Tanuja Desai Hidier’s album of original songs based on Bombay Blues!