Mia’s parents decide it’s time to go to China to visit their relatives. Mia is thrilled to get the opportunity to go back to China, especially to see her cousin Shen. However, China has completely changed! There are skyscrapers, lots of cars, and McDonalds is amazing everyone.
Cinnamon is a boy in his pre-teens. He is an adopted child and sometimes he ponders over this one question, “Why did my birth parents leave me for adoption?” He embarks on a journey to find his birth parents so that his questions can be answered.
Fondly called Jhalri, right from the time she killed a tiger with her bare hands, to the day she died fighting against the Britishers, the people of Bhojla and Jhansi have always admired her for her strength, bravery and valour.
The book makes for a fascinating read on the diverse languages of India. It’s well crafted, well researched and incredibly enriching.
When I first got this book I was very excited to read it because I knew Milkha Singh as The Flying Sikh but I didn’t know about his life. I had to read on to find about his sheer determination and zeal to prove himself. The book has touched me in a way I can’t explain.
The writer tells a captivating story of a young boy who grew up in extreme poverty and hopelessness, and of his eventual rise as a leader known as Bhagwan Birsa. He not only united all the Mundas, who referred to themselves as Birsaites, but instilled a sense of fear in the British so deep, that they had to gather all their forces to try and capture him.
