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No Ordinary Day

by Deborah Ellis

Cover of No Ordinary Day

Valli is an orphan who lives on the streets of Kolkata, India. No matter how bad her life seems, there are people who are worse off than her - the lepers. And then, one day, she finds out she also has leprosy. This is a powerful story about poverty, leprosy, suffering and survival, but it's also about hope and compassion, and the power of each individual to make a difference.

Children's fictionOrphans, fictionLeprosy, fictionHomeless persons, fictionCoal mines and mining, fictionFamily, fictionPoverty, fictionIndia, fiction