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Books for children with India as background

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goingtobefree · 10/02/2012 23:38

Dd11 has recently read Jamila Gavin(Surya triology,The blood stone),I have moonstone by Wilkie Collins's Moonstone. Any other suggestions?

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goingtobefree · 11/02/2012 07:58

I think it is a bit old for her,may be in few years time

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infin · 11/02/2012 15:02

The Conch Bearer by Chitra Banarjee Divakaruni is mystical and magical. Age range around 9-12years I should think.

Leeds2 · 11/02/2012 21:49

Books by Narinder Dhami.

Leeds2 · 11/02/2012 21:50

There is also the Bollywood Babes trilogy. Can't remember the author, and may be senior school rather than junior. It is a long time sice I read them!

BlueChampagne · 14/02/2012 12:27

Rudyard Kipling?

spendthrift · 17/02/2012 12:16

Agree Kipling. The jungle books cover much more than just the mowgli stories and are pretty sympathetic. Kim - as long as you explain a bit about the background, but probably a bit older.

Depends on how mature a reader she is for Rumer Godden: the peacock spring maybe a bit later but black narcissus? Is it The River that Jean renoir made a film of - the sad one ? in due course.

and it only begins in India, but the secret garden - the description of making gardens in the sand is so convincing and the contrasts so great.

BrigitBigKnickers · 17/02/2012 12:23

The first part of The Secret Garden is set in India

jongleuse · 17/02/2012 13:57

God of Small Things? How about some Tagore short stories,www.amazon.co.uk/Oxford-Illustrated-Childrens-Tagore-Collection/dp/0195684176/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1329486766&sr=1-10 here they are very simply written and I remember reading them at 8 or 9 even though I'm sure I didn't understand them properly!
Indian myths and legends? RK Narayan's versions for Penguin Classics very readable. Also Sarwat Chaddha has a new series coming out, the Ash Mistry Chronicles I think?

wintersnight · 17/02/2012 14:22

Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie is a beautiful book for all ages. I think I was about 11 when I read and loved The Far Pavilions. I've not read it since so it might be both unsuitable and terrible.

goingtobefree · 18/02/2012 08:09

Thanks for all the suggestions.

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