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Strong as Fire, Fierce as Flame
Supriya Kelkar
Ages: 12+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Tu Books/Lee & Low
ISBN: 978-1-64379-040-4
Keywords: India; colonization; rebellion; feminist
In 1857 colonial India, child-bride Meera flees her home to escape a cruel custom. Then, as a servant to a British official, she realizes she has traded one form of subservience for another and fights back. Historical notes, time line, glossary.