Timid, young Malini finds unexpected courage when her Sri Lankan community¿s rice crop is threatened. A USBBY Outstanding International Book, now in a high-quality paperback format.
Malini, a young girl in a small Sri Lankan community, is anxious about the responsibility of helping with the monsoon-season rice planting for the first time. When a flash flood leaves her stranded alone with the ox cart full of rice seedlings, she summons unexpected courage to calm the ox and save her town's rice crop.
