![]() ![]() ![]() Maternal, and observant, but also fun, she has a strong sense of her own Nanima is Meena's grandmother from India. She looks up to Anita at first but as time goes on she sees her racistĪttitudes and the truth of her troubled life.Īnita is confident and bold, but she can also be mean and hurtful and she likes to be in control. Meena is intelligent, adventurous and a little rebellious. ![]() Relationship and they fall out when Anita is involved in a racist attack. but the cracks are growing in Meena and Anita's Her grandmother, Meena begins to value her own heritage more. Meena looks up toĪnita, but Anita can be manipulative and controlling and she encourages Meena to behave badly- trespassing and stealing.Īfter Meena's baby brother is born, her Grandma, Nanima, comes from India to help the family. When Meena makes friends with Anita, who is a few years older than her, life becomes a lot more eventful. ![]() Herself torn between two different cultures. The book is set in a small fictional village, where Meena is part of the only Punjabi family. "I had seen how in an instant, those you called friends could suddenly become tormentors." This is a quote from Anita and Meīy Meera Syal, a book that tells the story of a young British Punjabi girl growing up in the Midlands during the 1970s. ![]()
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