Episode 115 - Count Me In by Varsha Bajaj

<p class="" data-pm-slice="1 1 []">“Count Me In” by <a href= "https://www.varshabajaj.com/">Varsha Bajaj</a> looks at the power of social media to combat hate. The story involves a hate crime: an attack on an Indian American family and how that changes a shy girl named Karina and the boy next door who used to hang out with what the grandfather called a pack of hyenas. Our readers are 5th graders from <a href= "The%20story%20involves%20a%20hate%20crime:%20an%20attack%20on%20an%20Indian%20American%20family%20and%20how%20that%20changes%20a%20shy%20girl%20named%20Karina%20and%20the%20boy%20next%20door%20who%20used%20to%20hang%20out%20with%20what%20the%20grandfather%20called%20a%20pack%20of%20hyenas.%20Our%20readers%20are%205th%20graders%20from%20PS%20174%20in%20Queens."> PS 174</a> in Queens, New York and they interview our author. Our celebrity reader is public radio journalist <a href= "http://deepafernandes.com/">Deepa Fernandes</a>. Kitty Felde is host.</p> <p class="" data-pm-slice="1 1 []">www.bookclubforkids.org</p>