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Number of Pages
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Age Group
3-5 Years
Language
English
Book Summary
The Year Is 1939. In The Little Village Of Shona Gram In Bengal, Neela Hears About How The Freedom Fighters Will Stop At Nothing Till They Send The British Back. The Day After Her Sisters Wedding , Her Father Goes To Calcutta To Join A Protest March Called By The Congress. He Promises To Be Back In A Week. But When Three Weeks Go By And There Is Still No Sign Of Him, Neela Decides To Take Matters Into Her Hand. Dressed As A Wandering Minstrel, She Arrives In Calcutta. There She Befriends Bimala, The Rich Daughter Of A Judge And Cousin Of Samar, A Young Freedom Fighter Neela Had Rescued From The Police In Her Village. They Begin A Desperate Search For Her Father And Get To Know He Is In Jail And That He Will Be Deported To The Andaman Islands In A Few Days. Neela Has To Free Her Father Before That . But Can A Twelve-Year-Old Girl Outwit The Mighty British Empire? Set In A Dramatic Period In Indias History, This Racy Adventure Will Have You Turning The Pages To Find Out If Neela Finally Manages To Succeed In Her Mission.
Product Details
Author
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Publisher
Puffin Books
Number of Pages
144
Language
English
SKU
BK0437938
ISBN
9780143333319
Reading Age
3-5 Years
Dimensions
20 x 14 x 4 cm
Binding
Paperback
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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’S Books Include The Bestselling Novels The Mistress Of Spices (Longlisted For The Orange Prize), Queen Of Dreams And Sister Of My Heart, The Prizewinning Story Collections Arranged Marriage And The Unknown Errors Of Our Livescans The ‘Conch Bearer’ Series For Children. She Teaches Creative Writing At The University Of Houston. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Is An Award-Winning And Bestselling Author, Poet, Activist And Teacher Of Writing. Her Work Has Been Published Widely, In Magazines And Anthologies, And Her Books Have Been Translated Into Twenty-Nine Languages. Several Of Her Works Have Been Made Into Films And Plays. Her Last Novel Was The Bestseller, The Forest Of Enchantments, A Retelling Of The Ramayana In Sita'S Voice. She Lives In Houston With Her Husband Murthy And Has Two Sons, Anand And Abhay. She Teaches In The Internationally Acclaimed Creative Writing Programme At The University Of Houston. Chitra Tweets @Cdivakaruni And She Loves To Connect With Her Readers On Her Facebook Page: Https://Www.Facebook.Com/Chitradivakaruni/