Hooray! You have added the first book to your bookshelf. Check it out now!
[−]
  • Search Digit-count Valid ISBN Invalid ISBN Valid Barcode Invalid Barcode

Anita and Me

By Meera Syal

(10)

| Paperback | 9780006548768

Like Anita and Me?
Join aNobii to see if your friends read it, and discover similar books!

Sign up for free

Book Description

Now in paperback, the prize-winning coming-of-age novel about a young Indian girl in northern England. Winner of the Betty Trask Award and finalist for the Guardian Fiction Award, Anita and Me, which has been compared to To Kill a Mockingbird, tells the story of Meena, the daughter of the only PunjaContinue

Now in paperback, the prize-winning coming-of-age novel about a young Indian girl in northern England. Winner of the Betty Trask Award and finalist for the Guardian Fiction Award, Anita and Me, which has been compared to To Kill a Mockingbird, tells the story of Meena, the daughter of the only Punjabi family in the British village of Tollington. With great warmth and humor, Meera Syal brings to life a quirky, spirited 1960s mining town and creates in her protagonist what the Washington Post calls a "female Huck Finn." The novel follows nine-year-old Meena through a year spiced with pilfered sweets and money, bad words, and compulsive, yet inventive, lies. Anita and Me offers a fresh, sassy look at a childhood caught between two cultures.

2 Reviews

Login or Sign Up to write a review
  • 1 person find this helpful

    a dangerous girl next door, anita

    Anita's one of those girls all of us met at least once in our lives. She's pretty, she's cheeky, while you, Meena, you're not. And you want to be like her. Even if, after all, she's way more lonely than you... a delicate story about girls friendship, the importance of your family, childhood and adol ... (continue)

    Anita's one of those girls all of us met at least once in our lives. She's pretty, she's cheeky, while you, Meena, you're not. And you want to be like her. Even if, after all, she's way more lonely than you... a delicate story about girls friendship, the importance of your family, childhood and adolescence, first love and first losses.

    Is this helpful?

    Juliette said on Apr 16, 2009 about the Audio Cassette edition | Add your feedback

Book Details

  • Rating:
    (10)
    • 5 stars
    • 4 stars
    • 3 stars
    • 2 stars
    • 1 star
  • English Books
  • Paperback 336 Pages
  • Edition: New Ed
  • ISBN-10: 0006548768
  • ISBN-13: 9780006548768
  • Publisher: Flamingo
  • Pub date: Apr 07, 1997
  • Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover and Audio Cassette
Improve data of this book

Prices Change currency & sellers

ISBN Edition List Sale Seller
9780006548768 Paperback $12.86 $10.60 The Book Depository
Other editions
+ 2 copies tradable: →
Added to Shelf Added to Wish List

Inline Translation Mode

Left click to navigate, right click to translate.

inline translation guide

or close

Inline translation is not ready for this page yet.

Inline translation mode.

Share this page with your friends.

The viewport has not loaded.