5-7 Fifteen-year-old Rosalind is a British girl living in India at the end of World War II unlike most of her fellow colonial kids, who travel back to England for boarding school, she has never left the subcontinent.
Review "It's a gripping, funny, touching book, and Gloria Whelan is a storytelling genius."-Stephanie Spinner, author of QUIVER, QUICKSILVER and, DAMOSEL Whelan, Gloria Small Acts of Amazing Courage. Her books inlcude "The Boy Who Wanted to Cook" and "Jam with Holly and Nellie".She lives near Lake St.
Author Biography recived the National Book Award for her young adult novel, "Homeless Bird". This paperback edition includes an excerpt of All My Noble Dreams and Then What Happens, the standalone companion to Small Acts of Amazing Courage. As she comes of age during this volatile period of history, will she find the courage to claim her own identity and become her own person? National Book Award-winning author Gloria Whelan's "insight into history and her characters' minds make every moment of this saga believable" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). This penetrating story, told with lush and vivid detail, contrasts Rosalind's privilege and daily experiences in India with the hardship of the people around her. Rosalind longs to live the life that her heart tells her, not what her parents prescribe for her, but no one seems to listen. A man named Ghandi is coming to power, talking about nonviolence and independence from Britain. While her father has been at war, Rosalind sees the country slowly change. Rosalind is kept from boarding school in England at her mother's insistence. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Kindness has incredible consequences in this compelling novel set in colonial India from a "master storyteller" (Publishers Weekly) and National Book Award-winning author.It is India, 1918, six months after the end of World War I, and Rosalind awaits the return of her father from the war. The Nile on eBay Small Acts of Amazing Courage by Gloria Whelan Synopsis coming soon. Stephanie Spinner, author of QUIVER, QUICKSILVER and, DAMOSEL Whelan, Gloria Small Acts of Amazing Courage. The deft literary hand of Whelan also introduces many Hindi words during the course of the story that give the text a vivid sense of place. Item: 144999986517 Small Acts of Amazing Courage by Gloria Whelan (English) Paperback Book.
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