My Soul, A Shining Tree - Jamila Gavin

One of the Telegraph’s 50 BEST CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF ALL TIMEThe stunning novel from Jamila Gavin, bestselling and award-winning author of Coram Boy and The Wheel of Surya.“Flawless” — TelegraphBased on the true story of Indian WWI gunner and recipient of the Victoria Cross, Khudadad Khan. The story is told from four perspectives: Lotte, a Belgian farmgirl whose village is the flashpoint for a battle; Ernst, a German teenage cavalry soldier whose grandiose dreams of war lie in tatters; Khudadad... Zobrazit více