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DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs&nbsp\;South Asia Book\nAwa
 rd for Children’s and Young Adult Literature presentsMeet the Winners\nDis
 cussion Series\n\nJoin\nus to celebrate the 2020 South Asia Book Award win
 ners! Through a series of\nvirtual discussions\, we will get to know these
  authors\, their award-winning\ntitles\, and how these books can be used t
 o learn about and teach about South Asia in\nour schools\, libraries\, and
  homes.&nbsp\;This&nbsp\;discussion\nfeatures Mitali Bose Perkins\, who wo
 n the 2020 SABA Award for her book&nbsp\;You\nBring the Distant Near&nbsp\
 ;(Farrar Straus Giroux\, 2019). This book tells the\nstory of Robin\, Kat 
 and Gracie who travel to Kolkata\, India with their church\ngroup to help 
 girls who have been rescued from trafficking but find that they\nare the o
 nes whose lives are changed.&nbsp\;Mitali\nPerkins&nbsp\;has\nwritten many
  books for young readers\, all of which explore crossing different\nkinds 
 of borders. Mitali's fiction explores poverty\, immigration\, child\nsoldi
 ers\, microcredit\, and human trafficking\, thanks to living overseas for\
 nmany years and studying Political Science at Stanford and Public Policy a
 t U.C.\nBerkeley. Her goal is to make readers laugh or cry\, preferably bo
 th\, as long as\ntheir hearts are widening. She lives and writes in the Ea
 st Bay.Click here to registerIf you have any\nquestions or wish to request
  accommodations\, please email Emera Bridger Wilson\n(elbridge@syr.edu).&n
 bsp\;\n\n 
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SUMMARY:Meet the South Asia Book Award Winners: Mitali Perkins
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs&nbsp\;
 </p><p>South Asia Book\nAward for Children’s and Young Adult Literature pr
 esents</p><p><br></p><strong>Meet the Winners\nDiscussion Series</strong><
 p>\n\nJoin\nus to celebrate the 2020 South Asia Book Award winners! Throug
 h a series of\nvirtual discussions\, we will get to know these authors\, t
 heir award-winning\ntitles\, and how these books can be used to learn abou
 t and teach about South Asia in\nour schools\, libraries\, and homes.&nbsp
 \;</p><p><br></p><p>This&nbsp\;discussion\nfeatures Mitali Bose Perkins\, 
 who won the 2020 SABA Award for her book&nbsp\;<i>You\nBring the Distant N
 ear&nbsp\;</i>(Farrar Straus Giroux\, 2019). This book tells the\nstory of
  Robin\, Kat and Gracie who travel to Kolkata\, India with their church\ng
 roup to help girls who have been rescued from trafficking but find that th
 ey\nare the ones whose lives are changed.&nbsp\;</p><p><br></p><p><a href=
 "http://mitaliperkins.com/">Mitali\nPerkins</a>&nbsp\;has\nwritten many bo
 oks for young readers\, all of which explore crossing different\nkinds of 
 borders. Mitali's fiction explores poverty\, immigration\, child\nsoldiers
 \, microcredit\, and human trafficking\, thanks to living overseas for\nma
 ny years and studying Political Science at Stanford and Public Policy at U
 .C.\nBerkeley. Her goal is to make readers laugh or cry\, preferably both\
 , as long as\ntheir hearts are widening. She lives and writes in the East 
 Bay.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="http://bit.ly/SABAWinners2020 " title="Clic
 k here to register">Click here to register</a></p><p><br></p>If you have a
 ny\nquestions or wish to request accommodations\, please email Emera Bridg
 er Wilson\n(<a href="mailto:elbridge@syr.edu">elbridge@syr.edu</a>).&nbsp\
 ;<p>\n\n </p>
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