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India Dark

By Kirsty Murray
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India Dark by Kirsty Murray is a captivating young adult novel inspired by true events. It follows a troupe of young Australian performers on an ambitious tour through Southeast Asia and India in the early 20th century. As the journey unfolds, tensions rise among the cast, revealing secrets and testing friendships against a backdrop of cultural exploration and personal discovery.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by historical events, love rich storytelling, and are drawn to the tumultuous experiences of young people in unique settings. Set against the backdrop of early 20th-century India, it offers a vivid depiction of cultural interactions and the journey of a young theatre troupe, filled with drama and intrigue.

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India Dark

A strong and vivid novel based on the fascinating true story of a group of young Australian performers - children aged from seven to seventeen - who toured Asia and India early in the twentieth century before mounting a strike against their manager and precipitating a sensational court case.

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Madras 1910. A troupe of child performers are stranded, having staged a strike against their manager. Their fate now depends on the outcome of a court case, and an alliance with gentlemen of the British Raj.

Based on a true story, India Dark recreates shifting friendships and loyalties and the clash of innocence versus experience against the backdrop of India's seductive mysteries.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781741758580

Publisher: A&U Children's

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 August 2010

Country: Australia

Imprint: A&U Children

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 376g

Pages: 336

Collections

Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Fiction Kirsty Murray Young Adult

About the Author

Kirsty Murray is the author of The Secret Life of Maeve Lee Kwong, Zarconi's Magic Flying Fish, Market Blues and Walking Home with Marie Claire. She has also written the Children of the Wind series in addition to several non-fiction books for children.

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