The Wheel of Surya
1st Edition
Published on 3. May 2018
304 pages
978-1-4052-9278-8 (ISBN)
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
'This beautifully crafted novel has a timeless quality and contemporary relevance, which will make it connect with cross-generational readers.' Eastern EyeMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Target group
Children/juvenile
Young adult
Interest Age: From 11 years
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
3,63 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4052-9278-8 (9781405292788)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
Jamila Gavin
The Wheel of Surya Anniversary Edition
Book
05/2018
Farshore
€10.50
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Person
Jamila was born in Mussoorie (Bombay), 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-outstreet 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.
