No ordinary day /
Deborah Ellis.
- Toronto : Groundwood Books, c2011.
- 159 p. ; 20 cm.
"House of Anansi Press"--t.p. "Cover photograph by Gil Chamberland / Photolibrary ; Design by Michael Solomon"--t.p. verso.
Valli has always been afraid of the lepers living on the other side of the train tracks in the coal town of Jharia, India, so when a chance encounter with a doctor reveals she also has leprosy, Valli rejects help and begins an uncertain life on the streets.
"The Canada Council, Conseil Des Arts Du Canada, Governor General's Literary Awards"--Cover.