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The Wheel of Surya
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Wheel of Surya
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Jamila Gavin
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:304 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 196,Width 129 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781405291743
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| Classifications | Dewey:823.92 |
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| Audience | | Children's (6-12) | | Teenage / Young Adult | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Egmont UK Ltd
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| Imprint |
Egmont Books Ltd
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| Publication Date |
3 May 2018 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
India, August 1947: Fleeing from their burnt-out village as civil war rages in the Punjab, Marvinder and Jaspal are separated from their mother, Jhoti. Marvinder has already saved her brother's life once, but now they both face a daily fight for survival. Together they escape across India and nearly halfway around the world to England, to find a father they hardly know in a new, hostile culture... A powerful story of culture, class, family and faith set against the backdrop of Indian independence and the Partition of India and Pakistan. Perfect for fans of The Bone Sparrow, Morris Gleitzman's Once, and Katherine Rundell's The Wolf Wilder.
Author Biography
Jamila was born in Mussoorie, India, in the foothills of the Himalayas. Her Indian father and English mother met as teachers in Iran and by the age of eleven she had lived in an Indian palace in the Punjab, a flat in a bombed-out street in Shepherd's Bush, a bungalow in Poona, near Mumbai, and a terraced house in Ealing. She settled into a little town cottage in Stroud, Gloucestershire twenty five years ago but she still loves to travel. She won the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year award with her book Coram Boy in 2000.
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