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Name: Small Acts of Amazing Courage

Author: Gloria Whelan
Year: 2011
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Genres/categories:
Historical fiction, Children
Culture: India

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ISBNs:
9781442409316
9781442494954
1442409312
1442494956

It is India, 1918, six months after the end of World War I, and Rosalind awaits the return of her father from the war. Rosalind is kept from boarding school in England at her mother's insistence. While her father has been at war, Rosalind sees the country slowly change. A man named Ghandi is coming to power, talking about nonviolence and independence from Britain. Rosalind longs to live the life that her heart tells her, not what her parents prescribe for her, but no one seems to listen.

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. 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?

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Format: Hardcover Publication Date: 4/19/2011 Pages: 224 Reading Level: Age 9 and Up