The dramatic final volume in the Wheel of Surya trilogy by Whitbread award-winning author of Coram Boy, Jamila Gavin MBE. In 1947 India is rocked by the Independence movement and partition with Pakistan. Their lives disrupted by violence, Jaspal and Marvinder are sent from their Indian village to find their father, who is a student in England. In The Track of the Wind, Jaspal and Marvinder are reunited with their mother in India, but their fight for independence goes on. A story touching on culture, class, faith and family set against the backdrop of Indian independence and the Partition of India and Pakistan. No children's books about India conveys these issues and themes with the effortless ease of Jamila Gavin. Her diverse voice is the perfect introduction to this period of history, for fans of The Bone Sparrow, Morris Gleitzman's Once, and Katherine Rundell's The Wolf Wilder. Gold title Competition: The;Book Thief;When the World Was Ours;Code Name Verity;Private Peaceful;War Horse;Boy in the Striped Pyjamas;Carries War;Diary of a Young;Girl;From Berlin;Violinist of Auschwitz;silver sword.
Liz Kessler;Elizabeth Wein;Michael Morpurgo;John Boyne;Marcus Zusak;Nina Bawden;Anne Frank;Ian Serraillier.