Emeralds Included: A Jana Bibi Adventure

"In Betsy Woodman’s first Jana Bibi book, the Indo-Scottish violin teacher hires the town bagpiper to scare off wild monkeys from the home she inherited in the imaginary Indian town of Hamara Nagar. In Emeralds Included, the series’ third book, Jana has another problem: Her stodgy son, Jack, and his fiance are coming for a visit and Jana is determined to fix up the wonky house before they arrive. She somehow manages to get it all done — and during the visit learns that Jack is much more endearing than she thought. Woodman’s character development is so good that by the end, the memorable townspeople of Hamara Nagar felt more like good friends than characters from a book."