SAFE HARBOR by author @venkatraman.padma, is a #mglit novel-in-verse that shares Geetha’s story of #immigrating to the United States to start a new life with her Amma (mom) after leaving her familiar and safe homeland of India. As the story opens up, we learn that although Geetha is new to America, we soon realize that she’s not unlike other tweens, Geetha faces mean girls, friendship heartache, and knows all too well what if feels like being part of a family divided by divorce, but Geetha’s story is also unique because, as she’s trying to adjust to living in a country, she’s faced with difficult challenges, like langue and cultural differences, and because of these differences, she’s having to figure out how to cope with standing out from the other kids in her school. Geetha talks differently, eats different foods, and dresses differently, and because of this, Geetha’s journey in America starts off very bumpy and very lonely. School bullies become part of her daily life and missing he...