A thrilling and moving account of the largest movement of people in history, telling both sides of the story through the voices of children at the heart of Partition.
It's October 1947 and two young boys find themselves thrown together during the dramatic changes of Partition.
As the new India and Pakistan are born, can the friendship between these two children rise above the tensions between the two countries?
When the British announced they would be leaving India, a feeling of hope bubbled up in towns and villages across the country - they would be free to rule themselves at last! But deciding to split the country in two - Partition - would soon mean so much more.
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Book Details
Imprint
Scholastic India Pvt Ltd
Publication Year
2021 July
Book Type
Children Book
Number of Pages
128
Contributors
Author Info
Swapna Haddow is the award-winning author of the Dave Pigeon books. 'Dave Pigeon' was shortlisted for the Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards 2016, winner of the North Somerset Teacher's Book Award Read Aloud Category 2016, winner of the Surrey Libraries Children's Book Award 2017 and a Fantastic Book Awards 2018 winner.
She loves writing about boisterous animals and madcap adventures and is currently working with Faber & Faber, Stripes Publishing, Macmillan, Oxford University Press and Scholastic.
Swapna also writes under the pseudonym 'Swapna Reddy'.
Swapna lives in New Zealand with her husband, son and their dog, Archie. When she's not writing she is usually reading, dreaming about living on a boat or eating Jaffa Cakes.