Bamba Beach
Published on 1. February 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-1-4081-0895-6 (ISBN)
Description
Hari's family are fisher folk, but with no fish left in their bay, times are hard. In order to catch the ones further out they need a flat-bottomed boat with an outboard motor, not a rickety, coconut-wood vessel. But in order to get one of these they need capital, and in order to get capital they need to sell fish...Hari is a boy with a heart of gold, who rises above his humble origins, striving to help his family and show everyone that family feuds and village superstitions are better off forgotten. Bamba Beach is a contemporary Indian story set in Goa.
Reviews / Votes
' Exciting, appealing and gripping ' Burnley Express (March 2009)More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
86 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4081-0895-6 (9781408108956)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Pratima Mitchell comes from a family of writers and was first published at the age of eleven. She has written over 22 books, the most recent of which include a picture book, Petar's Song, illustrated by Caroline Binch (Frances Lincoln), and Indian Mutiny for the My Story series (Scholastic). Her latest novel for teens, The Crow Her Brother, will be published by Walker Books in 2009.