Helpful Score: 2
From the back cover: Bengal 1939 It's already been a week since Father left, and we've heard nothing. Mother thinks I'm silly to worry like this. She thinks he's been delayed because so many rail lines have been destroyed by freedom fighters. She could be right-but I just have a bad feeling about it... Front inside cover: Now that her older sister is married, twelve-year-old Neela Sen knows their mother will be looking for a husband for Neela. But Neela's heart is stirred more by the fiery talk she overhears about India's freedom struggle than it is by talk of marriage. When Neela's father goes to Calcutta to learn more about the fight for independence from Britain, he doesn't come home when he's expected. Where can Neela go for help in finding her father?
The books in this series have been written by a native or someone that has lived in the country that each book covers. They are all enjoyable to read. They can be used to start a discussion about the topics covered. I recommend them for home-schoolers or anyone interested in different cultures.
The books in this series have been written by a native or someone that has lived in the country that each book covers. They are all enjoyable to read. They can be used to start a discussion about the topics covered. I recommend them for home-schoolers or anyone interested in different cultures.
Neela a 12 year old country girl from India about 1939, realizes that there is an ongoing war beginning between the Eastern Indians their Rulers the British. The sides are not cut and dry. Neela leaves the country to search for her father in Calcutta whom went to a freedom march and never returned.Through a freedom fighter friend Samir, she is led to his cousin Bimala in Calcutta who is the daughter of a very rich East Indian judge who of course is pro-British. Bimala uses contacts to find Neela's father. Samir and his freedom fighter boss rescue Neela's dad off a convoy meant to take him out of the country. Samir and Neela take her dad back to the country where no one will bother him and have many adventures evading the police. Remember the police are East Indians who are pro-British.This book was so interesting that I read it twice.
Neela a 12 year old country girl from India about 1939, realizes that there is an ongoing war beginning between the Eastern Indians their Rulers the British. The sides are not cut and dry. Neela leaves the country to search for her father in Calcutta whom went to a freedom march and never returned.Through a freedom fighter friend Samir, she is led to his cousin Bimala in Calcutta who is the daughter of a very rich East Indian judge who of course is pro-British. Bimala uses contacts to find Neela's father. Samir and his freedom fighter boss rescue Neela's dad off a convoy meant to take him out of the country. Samir and Neela take her dad back to the country where no one will bother him and have many adventures evading the police. Remember the police are East Indians who are pro-British.This book was so interesting that I read it twice.
