As the festival of Divali approaches, Ricki wants to confess that he accidentally broke a rosebud off the bush he and his grandfather planted, but grandfather is busy blaming the neighbors who are newly arrived in Trinidad from India. Includes facts about Divali and the people and language of Trinidad
Themes
Genres: Fiction
Categories: Beautiful Life
Settings: Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago
Ethnicity: Indian, South Asian, Trinidadian
Immigration: Immigrant/Migrant
Gender: Boy/Man, Girl/Woman
Race/Culture: Asian/Pacific Islander/Asian American
Character Prominence: Joint Main, Secondary