Karthik Delivers

De: Sheela Chari

Narrado por: Varun Sathi

From the award-winning author of Finding Mighty, a moving middle-grade novel about finding your place by following your heart

Karthik Raghavan is good at remembering things. Like his bike routes. Or all the reasons he likes Juhi Shah—even if she doesn’t even know he exists. It doesn't help that she seems to have a crush on his arch nemesis, Jacob Donnell, whose only job is to humiliate Karthik (and get his name wrong). Then Karthik's luck changes when he secretly agrees to be in a play about the famous musician, Leonard Bernstein. But he can't tell his parents. The family store is in jeopardy, and they need him delivering groceries on his bike to help save it. His mom is also worried about the Financial Crisis, and she's convinced that studying hard and staying focused is the only way to succeed. But Karthik is having fun being Lenny. Besides, what if acting is Karthik’s special talent? And what if acting is the one way to catch Juhi Shah’s attention? With all the pressure from his family to succeed, will Karthik be able to really imagine and hope when he’s not sure what will happen next?

“Karthik Delivers is a story about family, community, and the mango lassi sweetness of reaching for your dreams. Like Karthik himself, this novel delivers big on friendship, charm, and heart.”—Sayantani DasGupta, New York Times bestselling author of the Kingdom Beyond series

“Readers will fall in love with endearing Karthik, a young Indian American teen living in Boston, as he navigates his family's expectations and financial pressures during the financial crisis. Chari has masterfully crafted a riveting, nuanced, and delightful journey of self-discovery topped with an extra helping of ice cream, pakoras, and West Side Story. Karthik more than delivers!”—Veera Hiranandani, Newbery Honor-winning author of The Night Diary

©2022 Sheela Chari (P)2022 Recorded Books

unique book

i liked this book, i thought it was unique. i do think there’s too much going on, though. i think there are too many characters each with their own story and each with their own arc. it got kind of tiring to keep up with everyone. i also think juhi has no redeeming qualities. i feel like she is either a perfectly fine friend or she’s a bad friend. i was never really impressed with her, so it was hard for me to see why karthik liked her so much. we just kind of start off with karthik liking her bc she’s pretty, and then… she doesn’t really do anything. she has her own arc too that’s related to her cooking and the restaurant, but it just fizzles out once the restaurant burns down. i can’t really name one good thing she did while there are definitely times where she let karthik down. so in the end where they’re holding hands, i was like, “you can find better people, karthik.” anyway ill recommend this book to my students just bc it’s so unique