Karthik Delivers
Amulet Books · Hardcover · April 5, 2022
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.
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- Who it’s for
- A warm middle-grade story of family duty and theater pulling in different directions.
- Themes
- Family and community, Friendship and crushes, Pursuing your dreams
- Genres
- Theater Stories, US: Asian American Stories, Growing Up
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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 DasGupta Karthik Raghavan is good at remembering things. Like his bike routes.
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Or all the reasons he likes Juhi Shah—even if she doesn’t even know he exists. It doesn’t help that she seems to have a crush on his arch nemesis, Jacob Donnell, whose only job is to humiliate Karthik (and get his name wrong). Then Karthik’s luck changes when he secretly agrees to be in a play about the famous musician, Leonard Bernstein. But he can’t 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 she’s 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 Karthik’s special talent? And what if acting is the one way to catch Juhi Shah’s attention? With all the pressure from his family to succeed, will Karthik be able to imagine and hope when he’s not sure what will happen next?
Off Script
A warm middle-grade story of family duty and theater pulling in different directions.
Come here for
- Bike routes, a first crush, and an unexpected pull toward theater
- A family store under pressure as Karthik tries something new
Expect
- Growing-up warmth with comic friction
- Theater dreams alongside real family pressure
Where it sits
| Growing Up | 54% |
|---|---|
| Theater Stories | 45% |
| US: Asian American Stories | 35% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- US: Asian American Stories
- Parent-Child Stories
- Theater Stories
- Authors
- Sheela Chari
- Publisher
- Amulet Books
- Published
- April 5, 2022
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Family and community · Friendship and crushes · Pursuing your dreams
- Reading lane
- US: Asian American Stories