Karthik Delivers

ISBN: 1419755234

Author: Chari, Sheela

Condition: New

From Sheela Chari, the award-winning author of Finding Mighty, Karthik Delivers is a moving middle-grade novel about finding your place by following your heart.A story about family, community, and the mango lassi sweetness of reaching for your dreams. Like Karthik himself, this novel delivers big on friendship, charm, and heart. -New York Times bestselling author Sayantani DasGuptaKarthik Raghavan is good at remembering things. Like his bike routes. Or all the reasons he likes Juhi Shah-even if she doesnt even know he exists. It doesnt help that she seems to have a crush on his archnemesis, Jacob Donnell, whose only job is to humiliate Karthik (and get his name wrong).Then Karthiks luck changes when he secretly agrees to be in a play about the famous musician Leonard Bernstein. But he cant tell his parents. The family store is in jeopardy, and they need him delivering groceries on his bike to help save it. His mom is also worried about the Financial Crisis, and shes convinced that studying hard and staying focused is the only way to succeed.But Karthik is having fun being Lenny. Besides, what if acting is Karthiks special talent? And what if acting is the one way to catch Juhi Shahs attention? With all the pressure to succeed from his family, will Karthik be able to imagine and hope when hes not sure what will happen next?