The Bridge Home Audiobook (Free)

‘Readers will be captivated by this amazingly written novel about teenagers who must make use of their intuition and grit to survive. Padma stocks around an unflinching peek into the fact millions of homeless kids live each day but also infuses her story with hope and bravery which will inspire readers and stick with them long after turning the ultimate web page.’–Aisha Saeed, writer of the brand new York Times Bestselling Amal Unbound

Four determined homeless kids make a existence for themselves in about The Bridge Home Padma Venkatraman’s stirring middle-grade debut.

Lifestyle is harsh in Chennai’s teeming streets, thus when runaway sisters Viji and Rukku arrive, their potential customers look grim. Rapidly, eleven-year-old Viji discovers how vulnerable they are in this uncaring, dangerous world. Fortunately, the girls discover shelter–and friendship–on an left behind bridge. With two homeless kids, Muthi and Arul, the group forms a family of sorts. Even though making a living scavenging the city’s trash heaps is the pits, the kids find plenty to laugh about and take pride in too. In the end, they are now the bosses of themselves no longer reliant on untrustworthy adults. However when illness strikes, Viji must decide whether to risk seeking help from strangers or even to keep holding on to their delicate, hard-fought freedom.