From chudails and peris to jinn and goddesses, this lush collection of South Asian folklore, legends, and epics reimagines stories of old for a modern audience. 
This fantasy and science fiction teen anthology edited by Samira Ahmed and Sona Charaipotra contains a wide range of stories from fourteen bestselling, award-winning, and emerging writers from the South Asian diaspora that will surprise, delight, and move you. So read on, for after all, magic has no borders. 
A pair of star-crossed lovers search for a way back to one another against all odds . . . 
A girl fights for her life against a malignant, generations-old evil . . . 
A peri seeks to reclaim her lost powers . . . 
A warrior rebels against her foretold destiny . . . 
With stories by: Sabaa Tahir, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Ember in the Ashes series, and winner of the National Book Award and Printz Award for All My Rage Sayantani DasGupta, New York Times bestselling author of the Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond series Preeti Chhibber, author of Spider-Man’s Social Dilemma Sona Charaipotra, author of Symptoms of a Heartbreak and How Maya Got Fierce, and coauthor of The Rumor Game and Tiny Pretty Things, now a Netflix original series. Tanaz Bhathena, award-winning author of Hunted by the Sky and Of Light and Shadow Sangu Mandanna, bestselling author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches and the Celestial Trilogy Olivia Chadha, author of Rise of the Red Hand Nafiza Azad, author of William C. Morris Award nominee, The Candle and the Flame Tracey Baptiste, New York Times bestselling author of The Jumbies series and Minecraft: The Crash Naz Kutub, author of The Loophole Nikita Gill, bestselling author of Wild Embers and Fierce Fairytales Swati Teerdhala, author of the Tiger at Midnight trilogy Shreya Ila Anasuya, New Voices selection Tahir Abrar, New Voices selection

Magic Has No Borders

Literature & Fiction

Chhibber, Preeti

Baptiste, Tracey

Ahmed, Samira

Mandanna, Sangu

DasGupta, Sayantani

Bhathena, Tanaz

Gill, Nikita

Charaipotra, Sona

Teerdhala, Swati

Azad, Nafiza

Chadha, Olivia

Kutub, Naz

Tahir,Sabaa

Anasuya, Shreya Ila

Abrar, Tahir

Short Stories & Anthologies

HarperTeen

Narrative medicine is a fresh discipline of health care that helps patients and health professionals to tell and listen to the complex and unique stories of illness. The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine expresses the collective experience and discoveries of the originators of the field. Arising at Columbia University in 2000 from roots in the humanities and patient-centered care, narrative medicine draws patients, doctors, nurses, therapists, and health activists together to re-imagine a health care based on trust and trustworthiness, humility, and mutual recognition. Over a decade of education and research has crystallized the goals and methods of narrative medicine, leading to increasingly powerful means to improve the care that patients receive. The methods described in this book harness creativity and insight to help the professionals in being with patients, not just to diagnose and treat them but to bear witness to what they undergo. Narrative medicine training in literary theory, philosophy, narrative ethics, and the creative arts increases clinicians' capacity to perceive the turmoil and suffering borne by patients and to help them to cohere or endure the chaos of illness. Narrative medicine has achieved an international reputation and reach. Many health care settings adopt methods of narrative medicine in teaching and practice. Through the Master of Science in Narrative Medicine graduate program and health professions school curricula at Columbia University, more and more clinicians and scholars have obtained the rigorous training necessary to practice and teach narrative medicine. This text is offered to all who seek the opportunity for disciplined training in narrative medicine. By clearly articulating our principles and practice, this book provides the standards of the field for those who want to join us in seeking authenticity, recognition, affiliation, and justice in a narrative health care.

The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine

Medical Books

Charon, Rita

Hermann, Nellie

Irvine, Craig

Marcus, Eric R.

Rivera Colsn, Edgar

Spencer, Danielle

Spiegel, Maura

Medicine

Oxford University Press

Discover stories of fear, triumph, and spectacular celebration in this warm-hearted novel of interconnected stories that celebrates the diversity of South Asian American experiences in a local community center. Discover stories of fear, triumph, and spectacular celebration in the fictional town of Maple Grove, New Jersey, where the local kids gather at the community center to&nbsp;discover new crushes, fight against ignorance, and even save a life. Cheer for Chaya as she wins&nbsp;chess tournaments (unlike Andrew, she knows stupid sugary soda won't make you better at chess), and follow as Jeevan learns how to cook traditional food (it turns out he can cook sabji-- he just can't eat it). These stories, edited by bestselling and award-winning Pakistani-American author Hena Khan, are filled with humor, warmth, and possibility. They showcase a diverse array of talented authors with heritage from the Indian subcontinent, including beloved favorites and rising stars, who each highlight the beauty and necessity of a community center that everyone calls home.

The Door Is Open: Stories of Celebration and Community by 11 Desi Voices

Children's Books

Hiranandani, Veera

Perkins, Mitali

Kelkar, Supriya

SAEED, AISHA

LaRocca, Rajani

Singh, Simran Jeet

Faruqi, Reem

Pancholy, Maulik

Hasnat, Naheed

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Sayantani DasGupta, a young Indian American woman, entered medical school with a vision of saving lives and making the world a better place. What she found instead was a difficult path of politics, sexism, and red tape. Based on wry "field notes" she took throughout her journey in the healing profession, this enlightening story of learning to be a doctor will provoke tears, laughter, and thoughtful reflection. . . .In these pages, DasGupta's trials and tribulations--and those of her patients--are vividly rendered. Whether it is a fourteen-year-old giving birth, a terrified AIDS patient, or elderly lovebirds with a less-than-ordinary sex problem, DasGupta illuminates the miracle of life and the struggle to sustain it. Yet she also shines a penetrating light on today's medical landscape--the militarism of medicine (where the patient is often the enemy), the gender wars, and the increasingly restrictive practice of managed care. A remarkable account of medicine on the cusp of the twenty-first century, HER OWN MEDICINE is filled with wisdom and written with grace, lucid intellect, and a striking respect for life and the profession that heals it.

Her Own Medicine: A Woman's Journey from Student to Doctor

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Fawcett

She Persisted: Virginia Apgar

Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up and rose up against the odds!\nIn this chapter book biography by bestselling author and physician Sayantani DasGupta, readers learn about the amazing life of Virginia Apgar--and how she persisted.\nThere weren't many women who tried to become doctors when Virginia Apgar went to medical school--but she didn't let that stop her. After a professor discouraged from becoming a surgeon, she became an anesthesiologist instead and created the famous Apgar test to check the health of newborn babies. It's a test that's still used in hospitals across the world today!\nComplete with an introduction from Chelsea Clinton, black-and-white illustrations throughout, and a list of ways that readers can follow in Virginia Apgar's footsteps and make a difference! A perfect choice for kids who love learning and teachers who want to bring inspiring women into their curriculum.\nAnd don’t miss out on the rest of the books in the She Persisted series, featuring so many more women who persisted, including Sally Ride, Temple Grandin, and more!\nPraise for She Persisted: Virginia Apgar:\n"A fast-paced tale that will spark curiosity—Dr. Apgar would approve." —Kirkus Reviews\n"Equally appealing for report writers and readers looking for role models." —Booklist

Clinton, Chelsea

Biographies

Philomel Books

Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up and rose up against the odds! There weren't many women who tried to become doctors when Virginia Apgar went to medical school--but she didn't let that stop her. After a professor discouraged from becoming a surgeon, she became an anesthesiologist instead and created the famous Apgar test to check the health of newborn babies. It's a test that's still used in hospitals across the world today! In this chapter book biography by bestselling author and physician Sayantani DasGupta, readers learn about the amazing life of Virginia Apgar--and how she persisted. Complete with an introduction from Chelsea Clinton!

Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, listeners can now get the first eight biographies in the chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up and rose up against the odds in one audio collection!\nShe Persisted: Harriet Tubman by Andrea Davis Pinkney with introduction by Chelsea Clinton 
She Persisted: Claudette Colvin by Lesa Cline-Ransome with introduction by Chelsea Clinton 
She Persisted: Sally Ride by Atia Abawi with introduction by Chelsea Clinton 
She Persisted: Virginia Apgar by Dr. Sayantani DasGupta with introduction by Chelsea Clinton 
She Persisted: Nellie Bly by Michelle Knudsen with introduction by Chelsea Clinton 
She Persisted: Sonia Sotomayor by Meg Medina with introduction by Chelsea Clinton 
She Persisted: Florence Griffith Joyner by Rita Williams-Garcia with introduction by Chelsea Clinton 
She Persisted: Ruby Bridges by Kekla Magoon with introduction by Chelsea Clinton\nIn each chapter book biography by an award-winning and/or best-selling author, listeners learn about the amazing life of an important woman--and how she persisted.

She Persisted Audio Collection: Volume 1: Harriet Tubman; Claudette Colvin; Virginia Apgar; and more

Pinkney, Andrea Davis

Williams-Garcia, Rita

Cline-Ransome, Lesa

Knudsen, Michelle

Magoon, Kekla

Medina, Meg

Abawi, Atia

Listening Library

'Sayantani Dasgupta's short stories are witty, well-crafted, and wondrous. Compulsively readable, Dasgupta's stories announce an exciting new talent in Indian fiction.'

Women Who Misbehave

United States

India Viking

In Fire Girl, her debut collection of essays, Sayantani Dasgupta examines her personal story against the history, religion, popular culture and mythology of South Asia and her current home in the American West. Praise for Fire Girl These are exquisite essays, filled with savory language spiced just right. Sayantani Dasgupta’s generous intelligence and lively curiosity bring alive whole worlds—those of ancient stories and those of daily living, artfully considered. Cultures, languages, religions, landscapes, legacies—this is a writer who contains multitudes. —Peggy Shumaker, Author of Just Breathe Normally Sayantani Dasgupta writes with such keen intelligence and vivid clarity that we can’t help be taken in. Lyrical, compassionate, and compelling, these beautiful essays transport us to another world. In Dasgupta’s able hands, it is a world we come to recognize as our own. —Kim Barnes, Author of In the Kingdom of Men Sayantani Dasgupta brings together past and present as she considers childhood, violence, safety, family, monsters, goddesses, and the concept of home. These beautiful essays move between India and America, between selves and versions of selves, as Sayantani considers what is real and what is story or indeed, how the two are ever different. The range of landscapes and subjects is as breathtaking as the writing, showing us a powerful mind at work.—Bich Minh Nguyen, Author of Stealing Buddha's Dinner The oscillations in the essays are sometimes gentle vibrations, other times beating drums, encompassing the tension between the home and the world, the past and the present, the brain and the heart. The stories constantly go away and come back and we undulate with them, rippling between delight, sorrow, rage, wonder. —Aurvi Sharma, Winner of the 2015 Gulf Coast Prize in Nonfiction:

Fire Girl: Essays on India, America, and the In-Between

Essays & Correspondence

Two Sylvias Press

From New York Times bestselling author comes a world packed with action and adventure, perfect for fans of Rick Riordan and Soman Chainani. MEET KIRANMALA: INTERDIMENSIONAL DEMON SLAYER (Only she doesn't know it yet.) On the morning of her twelfth birthday, Kiranmala is just a regular sixth grader living in Parsippany, New Jersey . . . until her parents mysteriously vanish and a drooling rakkhosh demon slams through her kitchen, determined to eat her alive. Turns out there might be some truth to her parents' fantastical stories-like how Kiranmala is a real Indian princess and how she comes from a secret place not of this world. To complicate matters, two crush-worthy princes ring her doorbell, insisting they've come to rescue her. Suddenly, Kiran is swept into another dimension full of magic, winged horses, moving maps, and annoying, talking birds. There she must solve riddles and battle demons all while avoiding the Serpent King of the underworld and the Rakkhoshi Queen in order to find her parents and basically save New Jersey, her entire world, and everything beyond it . . .

The Serpent's Secret (Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond #1)

Action & Adventure

Scholastic Press

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