Characters
This character owned a tea stand.
Who is baba?
"Today I'll tell the story of a wedding and a most interesting dowry."
Who is Shanti, the storyteller.
Sanjay spied the water thieves.
He had to go live on the farm out of the city.
The people in Minni's village have access to water for this number of hours each day.
Three
Minni discovered Pinky's dad was part of the water mafia when she saw this.
A picture on Anita Ma'am's bedside table?
This character wants to be a chef when they grow up.
Who is Sanjay?
"I don't want to put my family in danger. I'll leave."
Who is Sanjay?
In the beginning of the book, Ma can't pay Minni's school tuition.
Anita Ma'am helped out and paid it for them.
This natural weather phenomenon influences how much water will be available at the pumps and in storage for the village.
A monsoon
The "wonder dog" who helped Minni share the information with the police.
Moti
This character was unkind to people who they believed were lower caste than them.
Who was Pinky's Grandma?
"Friend?" she repeats. "Do you even know where these low-caste people live? Do you know the kinds of germs that breed in those slums?"
Who is Pinky's gradmother?
At the end of the book, Minni's mom loses her job and can't pay the tuition.
Sanjay offers to help pay with his new job.
OR
Minni will pay her own tuition from her job with Priya Didi.
Minni talks to Sanjay at the beginning of the book, that changing the seawater to this, would solve all of their problems.
Fresh water (Desalination)
Mom went away because she was sick because of an illness caused by this.
unboiled water
This character sold magazines to passing cars.
Who is Latika?
"And don't worry" she says. "The computer won't break."
Minni can't figure out how to report Pinky's dad without getting caught.
What is she drops his picture into the bag of a police officer at Baba's tea stall?
This issue makes it hard for the water mafia to get caught/get into trouble with the police?
Paying bribes to elected officials/police
Ma plans to start her own business selling this.
roti
This character drove the kids to the junkyard the night they discovered the water mafia.
Who is Ram Uncle?
"I know. Its just that when I try to read, the letters dance on the page. They said I needed special classes, but there was nowhere nearby for me to get them. I had no choice."
Who is Latika?
Minni was sick of the long lines at the water pumps.
She will make an app to alert people when it was their turn at the pump.
Shanti says 40% of Mumbai's population lives in Minni's city, but they get what percent of the city's water supply?
5%
Shanti always tells Minni that Mumbai was once made up of this many islands.
7 islands