Nisha's War
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Nisha's War
By (Author) Dan Smith
Chicken House Ltd
Chicken House Ltd
3rd February 2022
3rd February 2022
United Kingdom
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Mixed heritage / mixed race groups or people
Intergenerational relationships: advice and issues
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Plants and trees
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Physical and mental health condi
823.92
Physical Properties
Paperback
368
Width 138mm, Height 201mm, Spine 26mm
280g
Description
Malaya, 1942. Nishas home is destroyed by war and she and her mother, Amma, flee to her fathers ancestral house in England, perched on a cliff top on the cold northern coast. When Amma falls gravely ill, Nisha is left to face her formidable grandmother alone. Grandmothers rules are countless, and her Anglo-Indian grand-daughter is even forbidden from climbing the old weeping tree. But when a ghost child beckons Nisha to sit under its boughs, and promises her Ammas life in return for three truths, its pull proves irresistible ...
