From the author of the Costa Award-winning Asha & the Spirit Bird comes a breathtaking, magical adventure ...Tamarind never knew her Indian mum, Chinty, who died soon after she was born. So when s
'I was swept along by Asha's story from the first page.'SARAH DRIVER, author of The Huntress trilogyAsha lives in the foothills of the Himalayas. Money is tight and she misses her papa who works in th
A powerful story of loss and identity, home and family, Tamarind and the Star of Ishta weaves a family mystery together with adventure and wonder from Costa Award-winning author, Jasbinder Bilan.Tamarind has never met her Indian mother, Chinty, who died shortly after she was born. But when her father remarries, Tamarind is sent to India to stay with the family she has never met, in their atmospheric ancestral home―a huge mansion high in the Himalaya mountains.Her arrival in India brings culture shock, secrets, and unanswered questions: What is the tension between her father and the family, and why will no one talk about her mother? Instead of answers, she is greeted with ominous silence.Taking refuge in the lush gardens one moon-lit night, she follows a friendly monkey to find an abandoned hut and a glowing star ring, and meets Ishta, a mysterious mountain girl. Tamarind unravels the mysteries of the house alongside the search for her own identity.
Winner of the 2019 Costa Children''s Book Award!In contemporary India, 12-year-old Asha will journey across the dangerous Himalayas to find her missing father and save her family''s home -- guided by
