num_pages: 336
description: Anita and Me , which has been compared to To Kill a Mockingbird , tells the story of Meena, the daughter of the only Punjabi family in the British village of Tollington. With great warmth and humor, Meera Syal brings to life a quirky, spirited 1960s mining town and creates in her protagonist what the Washington Post calls a "female Huck Finn." The novel follows nine-year-old Meena through a year spiced with pilfered sweets and money, bad words, and compulsive, yet inventive, lies. Anita and Me offers a fresh, sassy look at a childhood caught between two cultures.
language: English
title: Anita and Me
titlecomplete: Anita and Me
genres: Literature, Young Adult, School, India, Indian Literature, Coming Of Age, Fiction, Humor, Contemporary, British Literature
ratings_count: 2802
places: West Midlands, England, England
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Betty Trask Award
publisher: The New Press