{"product_id":"a-group-of-one","title":"A Group of One","description":"Honour Book, 2002 Jane Addams Children's Book Award\u003cp\u003eA 2002 New York Public Library Selection for Books for the Teen Age\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year, 2002\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Choices, 2002\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHey Tara, what's your mother tongue?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuestions like this make fifteen-year-old Tara Mehta's blood boil, especially when asked by a teacher who ought to know better. Yes, her parents were raised in India, but Tara has lived in Ottawa her whole life - she's as Canadian as everybody else. There are much more important things than where her family came from. Jeff, for instance. He's the new guy with the blue eyes and a brain that actually works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut then she meets her grandmother for the first time. Dadiji fought with Gandhi in the Indian independence movement, and she's horrified to learn that her grandchildren know almost nothing about her heritage. Tara resents her grandmother's attitude until she learns how Dadiji came to join the fight for independence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShocked and angered by the history that she's never been taught in school, Tara decides to tell Dadiji's story to her class. In the wake of the violently mixed reactions that follow, Tara comes to realize that most people need to expand their definition of what it means to be a \"regular\" Canadian - including herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none;\"\u003eRachna Gilmore \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Fitzhenry \u0026 Whiteside","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":54092553912593,"sku":"9781550419252","price":12.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/9676\/3409\/files\/9781550419252.jpg?v=1785895326","url":"https:\/\/bookcentre.ca\/products\/a-group-of-one","provider":"The Canadian Children's Book Centre","version":"1.0","type":"link"}