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Lion of the Sky
Ritu Hemnani
Ages: 9+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0-06-328448-7
Keywords: Historical Fiction-Exile, religious discrimination, British Raj, empire, displacement, forced removal, gender roles, kite fighting, Pakistan, partition, 1947, entrepreneurs, extended family, missing children
When India's long-anticipated independence from British rule in 1947 pits Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims against each other, a Hindu boy's family must relocate and reinvent their lives. Free verse.