Age Range: 6 – 10 years
Grade Level: 2 – 6
Hardcover: 40 pages
Publisher: Lee & Low Books (October 27, 2020)
ISBN-10: 188500897X
ISBN-13: 978-1885008978
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2021 Mathical Book Prize Winner
Book Link’s 2020 Lasting Connections Title
2021 Massachusetts Book Award Honor Title
2021 Skipping Stones Honor Award Winner
2023 New York State Charlotte Award Nominee
2023 Washington Children’s Choice Picture Book Award Nominee
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In ancient India, a boy named Bhagat travels to the rajah’s city, hoping to ensure his family’s prosperity by winning a place at court as a singer. Bhagat carries his family’s entire fortune—a single coin and a chain of seven golden rings—to pay for his lodging. But when the innkeeper demands one ring per night, and every link snipped costs one coin, how can Bhagat both break the chain and avoid overpaying? His inventive solution points the way to an unexpected triumph, and offers readers a friendly lesson in binary numbers—the root of all computing.
