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Author : Jamila Gavin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-03
Category : Brothers and sisters
ISBN : 1405291745
A beautiful new edition of the first volume in the Surya Trilogy by Whitbread award-winning author Jamila Gavin.
Author : Jamila Gavin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2001-06-01
Category : Brothers and sisters
ISBN : 0749747447
The dramatic first volume in the Surya Trilogy by Whitbread award-winning author of Coram Boy, Jamila Gavin. 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. A story touching on culture, class, faith and family set against the backdrop of Indian independence. No children’s books about India conveys these issues and themes with the effortless ease of Jamila Gavin.
Author : Jamila Gavin
Publisher : Random House
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781448121298
A stunning collection of mystical fairy tales, Blackberry Blue is packed with picturesque moments that will bewitch readers - Booktrust Step into a magical world of enchanted forests, talking animals and wicked witches . . . These six magical stories will thrill and enchant you. Watch Blackberry Blue rise from the bramble patch; follow Emeka the pathfinder on his mission to save a lost king; join Princess Desire as she gallops across the Milky Way on her jet-black horse. These beautifully written and original stories will delight readers of all ages, and the stunning illustrations by Richard Collingridge will take your breath away. Gavin's six stories are spooky, engaging and refreshing in their originality. Complemented by Richard Collingridge's atmospheric illustrations, this lovely book deserves to become a classic. - Marilyn Brocklehurst, Bookseller
Author : Jamila Gavin
Publisher : Wheel of Surya Trilogy
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0008511241
The dramatic final volume in the Wheel of Surya trilogy by Whitbread award-winning author of Coram Boy, Jamila Gavin. 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.
Author : Jamila Gavin
Publisher : Wheel of Surya Trilogy
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-07
Category : East Indians
ISBN : 000851125X
The dramatic second story in the Surya Trilogy by Whitbread award-winning Jamila Gavin, author of Coram Boy. India 1948. "The light has gone out of our world.... Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated. In India, chaos and turmoil reign. In England, Jaspal and Marvinder's father is in prison. Jaspal cannot forgive him, and longs to return to his village in the Punjab where he feels he belongs. Marvinder has found friends, her first love, and her gift as a violinist. But how can she ignore her mother's voice calling her back to India? She is torn between two worlds. A story of thesearch for reconciliation, the sequel to Wheel of Surya is a beautifullycrafted story sets against the backdrop of Indian independence and thePartition of India and Pakistan. No children's books about India conveysthese issues and themes with the effortless ease of Jamila Gavin. Her diversevoice is the perfect introduction to this period of history, for fansof The Bone Sparrow, Morris Gleitzman's Once, and KatherineRundell's The Wolf Wilder.
Author : Jamila Gavin
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0340854626
'I am truly a child of both countries and both cultures.' Born to an Indian father and an English mother, Jamila Gavin's childhood was divided between two worlds. Her earliest memories are of India, where she lived in a crumbling palace built for a prince, and learned to steal sugar cane and suck mangoes. But she would spend much of her childhood in England, where she picked blackberries, got chilblains, and learned to recognise doodlebug bombs. And between the two there were unforgettable journeys, by bullock carts and tongas, crowded trains and romantic P&O liners. A touching and very personal recollection, with a backdrop of world-shaking events, from the Blitz of World War II to the struggle for Indian independence and the assassination of Gandhi. Illustrated with the author's own delightful photographs.
Author : Meindert DeJong
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1972-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0808538128
Dutch schoolgirl Lina's composition about storks began the children's campaign to bring storks back to their village
Author : Jamila Gavin
Publisher : Walker
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 1406319945
All children love stories. Here, master storyteller Jamila Gavin draws them from the four corners of the globe. Stories include: 'The Whistling Monster', a cautionary tale from Brazil; 'The Coming of Raven', a creation myth from Canada; 'The Birth of Krishna', an ancient legend from India.
Author : Jamila Gavin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Children's stories, English
ISBN : 1405212853
Grandpa Chatterji is a loveable grandparent who invites his grandchildren back to Calcutta. The author draws the reader into the colour and magic of India while her funny and poignant stories and adventures cross every culture and boundary.
Author : Jamila Gavin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : OCLC:1392089289
A vivid, compelling and harrowing tale from Whitbread award winning Jamila Gavin. The Coram man takes babies and money from desperate mothers, promising to deliver them safely to a Foundling Hospital in London. Instead, he murders them and buries them by the roadside, to the helpless horror of his mentally ill son, Mish. Mish saves one, Aaron, who grows up happily unaware of his history, proving himself a promising musician. As Aaron's new life takes him closer to his real family, the watchful Mish makes a terrible mistake, delivering Aaron and his best friend Toby back into the hands of the Coram man.
Author : Malorie Blackman
Publisher : Random House
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781446453780
It's just your average Friday night. Then the police show up. Your mum's been caught on CCTV, breaking into a giant chemical company. They say she's working undercover for A.N.T.I.D.O.T.E, a group against animal testing - but how is that possible? She's not a spy - is she? Now she's on the run - and only you can uncover the truth. And you've got to crack a code to do it. A gripping story from the bestselling author of Noughts and Crosses, Malorie Blackman.
Author : Katherine Rundell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781481419420
In the days before the Russian Revolution, twelve-year-old Feodora sets out to rescue her mother when the Tsar's Imperial Army imprisons her for teaching tamed wolves to fend for themselves.
Author : Jamila Gavin
Publisher : Walker
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 1406330965
These are three captivating retellings of Hindu tales. Princess Savitri happily leaves the palace to live with her husband, Satyvan, in the jungle. But behind her joy there is fear, for Savitri carries a dark secret. It is written in the stars Satyvan will die within a year...Princess Damayanti is the one everyone wants to marry, including the gods. However, even they are happy to consent to her marriage to King Nala - all except the demon Kali, who lays a curse on the perfect couple...Princess Sita follows her husband Prince Rama when he is banished to the jungle by his jealous stepmother, just before he is to become king. But she is kidnapped by Ravana, Lord of the Demons...
Author : Jamila Gavin,Anthony Lewis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 0749731060
Author : Surya Green
Publisher : New Europe Books
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780990004356
It is 1968. Across America, citizens march for social reform and an end to the Vietnam War. Amid all this, Surya Green--a New York-born, self-absorbed, modern young woman--is a student at Stanford University, blithely pursuing a graduate degree in communication. Her view of life's purpose unexpectedly starts to expand when she says "Yes" when her Stanford film mentor selects her for a writing job at Zagreb Film in Yugoslavia. Family and friends marvel at her courage, or foolishness. The Zagreb studio may be the renowned producer of the first non-American animated film to win an Oscar, but it is in a country most Americans fear and reject as "communist." Green has no idea that her stay in Yugoslavia will ultimately take her beyond national borders to the outermost limits of her mind. Although penned in the first person against the backdrop of Tito's Yugoslavia in historic 1968, Once Upon a Yugoslavia is, paradoxically, most timely. The global economic crisis has compelled people to question excessive consumption and redefine success and the good life while embracing new lifestyle priorities--just as Yugoslavia required of Surya Green decades ago. Once Upon a Yugoslavia addresses this present-day longing while also offering a lively history lesson. History books have objectively described the former Yugoslavia, but Once Upon a Yugoslavia gives personalized look at the everyday lives of people in pre-1989 Eastern Europe that shows how the experience transformed one young woman's American Dream. Chronicling the sights, sounds, and ups and downs of the everyday Yugoslav existence, Green speaks to both the positive and negative aspects of the contemporary phenomenon known as "Yugo-nostalgia." The pros and cons of the American and Yugoslav societies fly to and fro during Surya's conversations with a host of colorful characters--some of whom she lodges with and travels the countryside with, others of whom she dates. In this strange Big Brotherish country of perplexing language, culture, and customs--which gives Surya an early experience of living a monitored life without privacy in a land where paranoia is contagious--more than once readers will hear her sobbing at night. Ultimately, the Yugoslav social experiment--its plus points, at least--were to give Surya Green a considerably altered view of the American values with which she was raised. And it is what led to that perspective--a personal transformation that started for her in explosive, memorable, life-changing 1968 in Tito's Yugoslavia, and continues to this day--which makes Once Upon a Yugoslavia such a unique and remarkable book. From the Trade Paperback edition.
