The united states was drawn into world war i because of germany’s invasion of belgium, the sinking of the and the zimmermann note.

The ocean liner Lusitania was the boat the germans destroyed. They got intel it was carrying large amounts of ammunition to the british, and it was.  

Lustitania i think becuase it was a boat that sank after world war 1

so the story tells of someone named kaushik choudhuri, but he does not narrate the story, a girl named hema does. hema tells the story in a second person point of view because you (the reader) are supposed to be the boy named kaushik.

here's an excerpt i found: "i was ushered into the fitting room, your mother watching approvingly as i took off my coat and sweater and tried on the bra."

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