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Ahimsa

by Supriya Kelkar

Ages: 9+

Published: 2017

Publisher: Tu Books/Lee & Low

ISBN: 978-1-62014-356-8

Keywords: Civil Disobedience, Diversity, Caste system

When her Brahmin-born mother becomes a freedom fighter in 1942 India, Anjali, 10, finds she must overcome ingrained prejudices and superstitions as she also becomes an activist.