Eleven-year-old Dini loves everything about movies — especially Bollywood movies. So she would have been really excited about her family’s move to India…if they were moving anywhere near Bombay, the center of the Bollywood universe and home to Dini’s all-time most favorite favorite star, Dolly Singh. But no. Dini’s now stuck in a teeny, tiny village that she can’t even find on a map. But small villages can have surprises! Uma Krishnaswami’s joyful, lively, tale is full of preening peacocks, mischievous monkeys, delicious confections, and the wondrous, magical powers of coincidence.
