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[2017], Pre-adolescent, Tu Books Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: In 1942, ten-year-old Anjali finds her life completely turned upside down when her mother answers Mahatma Gandhi's call to practice "ahimsa"--non-violent resistance--against the British government. The family must trade in their fine goods for more homely wares and clothing, and then Anjali must get past her prejudices when her mother reaches out to the Dalit community of "untouchables" for further help. When her mother is jailed, Anjali must take her place.
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[2013], Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: As Rosalind continues to straddle the proper English world of her family and the culture of 1920s India where they live, her support of Gandhi and his followers in opposing British rule grows and she considers trying to carry the rebels' message to Edward, Prince of Wales, during his visit.
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[2013]., Pre-adolescent, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Call No: HISTORICAL F WHE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Rosalind of the Raj Volume: 2Summary Note: As Rosalind continues to straddle the proper English world of her family and the culture of 1920s India where they live, her support of Gandhi and his followers in opposing British rule grows and she considers trying to carry the rebels' message to Edward, Prince of Wales, during his visit.
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c2008., Adolescent, Putnams Call No: Historical fiction FIC VENKATRAMAN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In India, in 1941, when her father becomes brain-damaged in a non-violent protest march, fifteen-year-old Vidya and her family are forced to move in with her father's extended family and become accustomed to a totally different way of life.
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c2008., Adolescent, G.P. Putnam's Sons Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In India, in 1941, when her father becomes brain-damaged in a non-violent protest march, fifteen-year-old Vidya and her family are forced to move in with her father's extended family and become accustomed to a totally different way of life.
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2009, c2007., Pre-adolescent, Disney/Hyperion Books Call No: Historical fiction FIC SHETH Edition: 1st Disney/Hyperion Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In India in the 1940s, thirteen-year-old Leela's happy, spoiled childhood ends when her husband since age nine, whom she barely knows, dies, leaving her a widow whose only hope of happiness could come from Mahatma Ghandi's social and political reforms.
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c2011., Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Call No: HISTORICAL F WHE Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Rosalind of the Raj Volume: 1Summary Note: In 1919, independent-minded fifteen-year-old Rosalind lives in India with her English parents, and when they fear she has fallen in with some rebellious types who believe in Indian self-government, she is sent "home" to London, where she has never been before and where her older brother died, to stay with her two aunts. Her courage influences one of her aunts who longs for her own kind of independence.
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[2021]., Juvenile, Tu Books, an imprint of LEE & LOW BOOKS Inc. Call No: HISTORICAL F KEL Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In 1857 India, 12-year-old Meera escapes a life she has no say in--and certain death on her husband's funeral pyre--only to end up a servant to a British general in the East India Company. When a rebellion against British colonizers spreads, she must choose between relative safety in a British household or standing up for herself and her people"--Provided by the publisher.
