Description
- Age: 10+
- Genre: Middle‑grade historical fiction
- Summary: The story unfolds in 1944, during the turmoil of World War II as Japanese forces advance toward British India. Rajalakshmi (“Raji”), a ten-year-old girl, is sent with her mother and sister to her grandparents’ home in the fictional village of Manikoil, Tamil Nadu, for safety. Amid wartime displacement affecting families from Burma and Malaya, Raji grapples with feelings of being an outsider—both among locals and newcomers. She…

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