Please help me find a book I read 30+ years ago. The plot is about a young, very poor boy in India (I believe) who gathers rare Orchids to sell to a rich white (I believe) woman. With the money he earns, he is able to buy books. The books are rare and precious treasures to him. Every time he finds a rare orchid she buys it and he hides his money under his sleeping mat until he has enough to buy a book. I will try to remember more if possible. Thank you, this is a book that has stayed in my memory and I wish to find and read it again.
Stump the Bookseller
New format, same book stumper solving.
Shirley Arora: What Then, Raman?
Also known as Tiger on the Mountain. I love it, too! It was in my classroom library in the 80’s and when I found a copy at a book sale as an adult I bought it.
Thank you both for the title. I don’t believe I am the OP who asked the question, but the story re-popped into my memory just this past week. I remembered the boy searching for the orchids and his ultimate heroism in helping his sisters.