Same Sun Here, Silas House
Same Sun Here, Silas House
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Same Sun Here

Author: Silas House, Neela Vaswani

Narrator: Silas House, Neela Vaswani

Unabridged: 5 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/14/2012

Synopsis

Meena and River have a lot in common: fathers forced to work away from home to make ends meet, grandmothers who mean the world to them, and faithful dogs. But Meena is an Indian immigrant girl living in New York City’s Chinatown, while River is a Kentucky coal miner’s son. As Meena’s family studies for citizenship exams and River’s town faces devastating mountaintop removal, this unlikely pair become pen pals, sharing thoughts and, as their camaraderie deepens, discovering common ground in their disparate experiences. With honesty and humor, Meena and River bridge the miles between them, creating a friendship that inspires bravery and defeats cultural misconceptions. Narrated in two voices, each voice distinctly articulated by a separate gifted author, this chronicle of two lives powerfully conveys the great value of being and having a friend and the joys of opening our lives to others who live beneath the same sun.

About Silas House

Silas House is the nationally best-selling author of Eli the Good as well as the award-winning novels Clay's Quilt, A Parchment of Leaves, and The Coal Tattoo. He is an associate professor at Berea College and lives in eastern Kentucky.

About Neela Vaswani

Neela Vaswani is the award-winning author of You Have Given Me a Country and Where the Long Grass Bends. Her work has received an American Book Award, an O. Henry Prize, and a ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award. She teaches at Spalding University's MFA in writing program and is the founder of the Storylines Project with the New York Public Library. Neela Vaswani lives in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul on March 18, 2012

What kind of genre is necessary to demonstrate that two characters--despite their differences in nationality and identity--share some of the same celebrations? The same concerns? The same worries? The same sun? Epistolary, of course. Correspondence between two characters is well-recognized within th......more

Goodreads review by Cassi aka Snow White on February 13, 2012

I'm beginning to think that I don't just occasionally enjoy middle grade books, but I might legitimately love it as a genre. I keep reading middle grade books or younger YA books that I think are the exception to the rule. But not everything can be the exception. Same Sun Here is a delightful story,......more

Goodreads review by Sandy on September 10, 2012

This was a nice book and everything, but I got crabby every time something political came up. Unfortunately, that was quite often. I'm totally fine with lessons in social responsibility and being good to your neighbor or even references to specific historic political events, but it seemed to me that......more

Goodreads review by Beth on September 16, 2015

Same Sun Here is a beautiful book told entirely in letters between two pen pals. It deals with some heavy social justice themes, but does so without being too heavy-handed. This is one of those special books that hovers over the line between middle grade and young adult. I highly recommend the audio......more

Goodreads review by Kristi on June 23, 2020

Bought this for my niece's birthday, and I decided to read it myself first. It is a wonderful story! But the recommended ages are 9-12, and my neice is only turning 8. There is some politics and talk about the 12 year-old girl protagonist shaving her legs. I don't want an 8 year-old thinking about s......more

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