I found this book at a second hand store a few months ago, and reread it.

While I had fond memories of reading it as a child, it did not translate well for an adult. For one thing, it was an extremely preachy book, making anyone who was not poor look like a mean person. At the end of the story there is much about how the kind people from overseas are sending money to help all the poor people in India. I thought it was somewhat offensive, almost like a book of propaganda.

Take out the sermons, and it's not bad. ( )