Genie Meanie Mahtab Narsimhan illustrated by Michelle Simpson Orcaechoes Orca Book Publishers
For Rahul and Aftab
Chapter One I missed Gran so much it was like having a stomachache that wouldn’t quit No one could fill the hole in my heart that she’d left when she died Not Grandpa who was visiting from India and not my parents or my best friend Bai Leng Grandpa had brought a box of treasures Gran wanted me to have but this made me miss her even more Gran was the only one who’d understood understood that school was tough Kids could 1
