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An empowering novel of resistance inspired by Sampat Pal and the Pink Sari Gang from the multi-award-winning author of Run, Rebel and The Crossing. Roar is an empowering novel of resistance inspired by Sampat Pal and the Pink Sari Gang from the multi-award-winning author of Run,... Read More
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An empowering novel of resistance inspired by Sampat Pal and the Pink Sari Gang from the multi-award-winning author of Run, Rebel and The Crossing.

Roar is an empowering novel of resistance inspired by Sampat Pal and the Pink Sari Gang from the multi-award-winning author of Run, Rebel and The Crossing.

'A masterpiece of a book. Roar is empowering, bold and brilliant.' - Ravena Guron, bestselling author of This Book Kills and Mondays are Murder

Rizu lives a comfortable life in the gated middle class suburbs of Delhi; her biggest worries are getting her homework done and keeping up with the mean girls at school. That is, until she's accused of being a witch and the hysteria that follows triggers a chain reaction that ends in tragedy and life as she knew it changes forever.

Alone and fearing for her life, Rizu runs away and joins a group of pink sari wearing, stick wielding women, known for their revenge vigilantism. Together they can help Rizu take back her life and seek justice against those who wronged her.

But at what cost?

'Singes and sings with a freedom fighting spirit, written in verse that flows with humanity' - Sita Brahmachari, author of Where the River Runs Gold

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241647622

Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 October 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly, Children, Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 292g

Pages: 416

About the Author

Manjeet Mann is a multi-award-winning author, playwright, screenwriter, and actress. Her debut YA novel, Run Rebel, was shortlisted for the 2021 Carnegie Medal and won the CILIP Carnegie Shadowers' Choice Award, the UKLA Award, the Diverse Book Award, and the Sheffield Children's Book Award, as well as being named a Guardian Best Book of 2020. Her second novel, The Crossing, won the 2022 Costa Children's Book Award, the UKLA Award, and was Overall Winner at the Sheffield Children's Book Awards. It was also shortlisted for numerous other prizes, including the 2022 Carnegie Medal, Waterstones Children's Book Prize and YA Book Award. Manjeet writes picture books too, including Small's Big Dream, which won the Readers' Choice Award at the Diverse Book Awards. She adapted Run Rebel for the stage with Pilot Theatre, earning Best Production at the 2025 Off West End Stage Awards. Manjeet lives in Scotland.

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