Ellis, Deborah,

No ordinary day / Deborah Ellis. - Toronto : Groundwood Books, c2011. - 159 p. ; 20 cm.

Valli has always been afraid of the lepers living on the other side of the train tracks in the coal town of Jharia, India, so when a chance encounter with a doctor reveals she also has leprosy, Valli rejects help and begins an uncertain life on the streets.

ISBN: 9781554981342 (bound) : 9781554981083 (pbk.) :

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.
Leprosy -- Juvenile fiction.
Homeless persons -- Juvenile fiction.
Girls -- India -- Juvenile fiction.
India -- Juvenile fiction.