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Under fire : fighting for freedom in wartime India
Ahmed, Sufiya2025
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Join 12-year-old Anglo-Indian boy Hasan in 1943, after his family's life in Coventry is upturned during the Blitz and his parents send him to live with his grandpa in Calcutta. When he reaches India, Hasan is quickly introduced to a world of inequality, secrets and codebreaking. After befriending a strong-minded girl named Jaya, the pair soon decide to stand up for what they believe is right: fighting for freedom.
Main title:
Under fire : fighting for freedom in wartime India / Sufiya Ahmed.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Education, 2025.London : Bloomsbury Education, 2025.
Collation:
200 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9781801995627 (pbk)
Language:
English
Subject:
World War, 1939-1945 -- India -- Juvenile fictionIndia -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fictionChildren's storiesFiction 9+General StoriesChildren's / Teenage fiction & true storiesChildren's / Teenage fiction: Action & adventure storiesChildren's / Teenage fiction: Family & home storiesChildren's / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction
BRN:
3102339