About this item
The second title in a humorous series featuring a charming, distractible Indian-American girl and her family and friends.A long rainy stretch during spring break has Nina restless and hungry for a new project and aggravated with little sister Kavita's embarrassing behavior. A fresh pile of dirt just delivered to the neighbor's house for a landscaping project ends up being too tempting to resist. Can Nina fix Kavita and create something amazing at the same time? With her sister's help, Nina launches a grand engineering project -- with unexpected consequences.Readers are sure to relate to author Kashmira Sheth's endearing Nina Soni and her slightly scatter-brained efforts to manage her life with lists, definitions, and real-life math problems.
About the Author
Kashmira Sheth grew up in Bhavangar, Gujarat, for eight years, when she was three she joined Montessori school. She lived with her grandparents, because her parents lived in Mumbai three hundred miles away from Bhavangar. At eight years Sheth, left Bhavangar, for Mumbai. She did her studying there until she was seventeen. She left Mumbai, to go to college, in Ames Iowa to do her BS at Iowa State University. Many people ask her why she chose Iowa. "I chose Iowa State, because my uncle worked there as a professor. " is the answer. She is the author of 7 books, two of them are picture books, called "My Dadima Wears a Sari. " and "Monsoon Rains"She has three books meant for teens. The fist one is called "Blue Jasmine"; which is about a girl named Seema who moved from India to Iowa. The second one is called; 'Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet'; this book is about a girl who is sixteen named Jeeta, her two sisters are married and now its her turn. Trouble is she does not want an arranged marriage. The last one and the most currents one is called, "Keeping Corner". This one is about a girl who is thirteen, named Leela, is widowed. She was married at age nine, and was about to be sent off to live with her husband. But her husband gets bitten by a venomous snake, and dies. Leela faces hardship, anger, and frustration. She is forced to shave her head, and never ever wear jewellery or colors. This takes place in the Gandhi era.Sheth is publishing a book called "Boys Without Names." in 2010Kashmira Sheth is now with her two daughters; Neha and Rupa, her husband in Madison Wisconsin.
