| Small Acts of Amazing Courage Reprint Edition Contributor(s): Whelan, Gloria (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442494956 ISBN-13: 9781442494954 Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Asia - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Adolescence & Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2010013164 |
| Lexile Measure: 940 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.1" W x 7.6" (0.35 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 143819 Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Kindness has incredible consequences in this compelling novel set in colonial India from a "master storyteller" (Publishers Weekly) and National Book Award-winning author. It is India, 1918, six months after the end of World War I, and Rosalind awaits the return of her father from the war. Rosalind is kept from boarding school in England at her mother's insistence. While her father has been at war, Rosalind sees the country slowly change. A man named Ghandi is coming to power, talking about nonviolence and independence from Britain. Rosalind longs to live the life that her heart tells her, not what her parents prescribe for her, but no one seems to listen. This penetrating story, told with lush and vivid detail, contrasts Rosalind's privilege and daily experiences in India with the hardship of the people around her. As she comes of age during this volatile period of history, will she find the courage to claim her own identity and become her own person? National Book Award-winning author Gloria Whelan's "insight into history and her characters' minds make every moment of this saga believable" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). This paperback edition includes an excerpt of All My Noble Dreams and Then What Happens, the standalone companion to Small Acts of Amazing Courage. |
Contributor Bio(s): Whelan, Gloria: - Gloria Whelan is an award-winning and critically acclaimed author of many books for children and young adults. She won the National Book Award for young people's literature for her novel Homeless Bird. A versatile author of historical and contemporary fiction for children and young adults, as well as short stories and poetry for adults, Whelan is, according to Liz Rosenberg in the Chicago Tribune, "an accomplished, graceful, and intelligent writer." She lives in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, and you can visit her at GloriaWhelan.com. |