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Moon from Dehradun, The: A Story of Partition
Shirin Shamsi
Illustrator: Tarun Lak
Ages: 9+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Atheneum BFYR/Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 978-1-66590-679-1
Keywords: 1947 Partition of India, refuges, Muslims, Hindus, family, picture book for older readers
In 1947 during the Partition of Inda, a family hurriedly flees their homeland in fear. Back matter includes maps. Digital illustrations.