Jamila Gavin

A heartbreaking tale of orphans, angels, murder and music - dramatised from the Whitbread Award-winning novel set in 18th-century England.In 18th-century Gloucestershire, the evil Otis Gardner preys on unmarried mothers, promising to take their babies (and their money) to Thomas Corams hospital for foundling children. Instead, he buries the babies and pockets the loot.But Otiss downfall is set in train when his half-witted son Meshak falls in love with a young girl, Melissa, and rescues the unwanted son she has had with a disgraced aristocrat. The child is brought up in Corams hospital, and proves to have inherited the startling musical gifts of his father - gifts that ultimately bring about his fathers redemption and a heartbreaking family reunion.Helen Edmundsons adaptation of Jamila Gavins award-winning novel, Coram Boy, was first performed at the National Theatre, London, in 2005. It won the Time Out Live Award for Best Play.A rich and almost Gothic drama- Philip Pullman

One diamond a world of spies, death and deception.In Venice, the diamond promises wealth and prestige to greedy Bernardo Pagliarin.At the court of the Great Moghul in Agra, it holds the key to the throne itself.For Filippo and his family, the stone is worth far more. It could bring their father back from the dead.From the bustling markets of seventeenth-century Venice to the majestic palaces of Hindustan, acclaimed author Jamila Gavin takes the reader on an unforgettable quest across desert, sea and mountains.

The modern classic and Whitbread Book of the Year 2000 is a haunting, thrilling and captivating story, for historical fiction fans and readers of Hilary McKays The Skylarks War and Katherine Rundells The Good Thieves The Coram man takes babies and money from desperate mothers, promising to deliver them safely to a Foundling Hospital in London. Instead, he murders them and buries them by the roadside, to the helpless horror of his son, Mish. Mish saves one, Aaron, who grows up happily unaware of his history, proving himself a promising musician. As Aarons new life takes him closer to his real family, the watchful Mish makes a terrible mistake, delivering Aaron and his best friend Toby back into the hands of the Coram man. A gripping and haunting story about a dark time in British history, Coram Boy won the 2000 Whitbread Childrens Book of the Year, was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and has been adapted into a highly acclaimed stage play.

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The Whitbread 2000 Book of the Year is a haunting and captivating work of historical fiction for children.

A beautiful new edition of the first volume in the Surya Trilogy by Whitbread award winning author Jamila Gavin India August 1947 Fleeing from their burnt out village as civil war rages in the Punjab Marvinder and Jaspal are separated from their mother Jhoti Marvinder has already saved her brother s life once but now they both face a daily fight for survival Together they escape across India and nearly halfway around the world to England to find a father they hardly know in a new hostile culture A powerful story of culture class family and faith set against the backdrop of Indian independence and the Partition of India and Pakistan Perfect for fans of The Bone Sparrow Morris Gleitzman s Once and Katherine Rundell s The Wolf Wilder Jamila was born in Mussoorie India in the foothills of the Himalayas Her Indian father and English mother met as teachers in Iran and by the age of eleven she had lived in an Indian palace in the Punjab a flat in a bombed out street in Shepherd s Bush a bungalow in Poona near Mumbai and a terraced house in Ealing She settled into a little town cottage in Stroud Gloucestershire twenty five years ago but she still loves to travel She won the Whitbread Children s Book of the Year award with her book Coram Boy in 2000

The modern classic and Whitbread Book of the Year 2000 is a haunting, thrilling and captivating story, for historical fiction fans and readers of Hilary McKays The Skylarks War and Katherine Rundells The Good Thieves The Coram man takes babies and money from desperate mothers, promising to deliver them safely to a Foundling Hospital in London. Instead, he murders them and buries them by the roadside, to the helpless horror of his son, Mish. Mish saves one, Aaron, who grows up happily unaware of his history, proving himself a promising musician. As Aarons new life takes him closer to his real family, the watchful Mish makes a terrible mistake, delivering Aaron and his best friend Toby back into the hands of the Coram man. A gripping and haunting story about a dark time in British history, Coram Boy won the 2000 Whitbread Childrens Book of the Year, was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and has been adapted into a highly acclaimed stage play.

The dramatic second story in the Surya Trilogyby Whitbread award-winning Jamila Gavin, author of Coram Boy. India 1948. The light has gone out of our world. Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated. In India, chaos and turmoil reign. In England, Jaspal and Marvinders father is in prison. Jaspal cannot forgive him, and longs to return to his village in the Punjab where he feels he belongs. Marvinder has found friends, her first love, and her gift as a violinist. But how can she ignore her mothers voice calling her back to India? She is torn between two worlds. A story of thesearch for reconciliation, the sequel to Wheel of Surya is a beautifullycrafted story sets against the backdrop of Indian independence and thePartition of India and Pakistan. No childrens books about India conveysthese issues and themes with the effortless ease of Jamila Gavin. Her diversevoice is the perfect introduction to this period of history, for fansof The Bone Sparrow, Morris Gleitzmans Once, and KatherineRundells The Wolf Wilder.

India, August 1947: Fleeing from their burnt-out village as civil war rages in the Punjab, Marvinder and Jaspal are separated from their mother, Jhoti. Marvinder has already saved her brothers life once, but now they both face a daily fight for survival. Together they escape across India and nearly halfway around the world to England, to find a father they hardly know in a new, hostile culture A powerful story of culture, class, family and faith set against the backdrop of Indian independence and the Partition of India and Pakistan. Perfect for fans of The Bone Sparrow, Morris Gleitzmans Once, and Katherine Rundells The Wolf Wilder.

The dramatic final volume in the Wheel of Surya trilogy by Whitbread award-winning author of Coram Boy, Jamila Gavin. In 1947 India is rocked by the Independence movement and partition with Pakistan. Their lives disrupted by violence, Jaspal and Marvinder are sent from their Indian village to find their father, who is a student in England. In The Track of the Wind, Jaspal and Marvinder are reunited with their mother in India, but their fight for independence goes on. A story touching on culture, class, faith and family set against the backdrop of Indian independence and the Partition of India and Pakistan. No childrens books about India conveys these issues and themes with the effortless ease of Jamila Gavin. Her diverse voice is the perfect introduction to this period of history, for fans of The Bone Sparrow, Morris Gleitzmans Once, and Katherine Rundells The Wolf Wilder.

Diez cuentos procedentes de todos los rincones del planeta, cuyas raíces est n profundamente arraigadas en la vida espiritual y cultural de cada país, pero con temas presentes en todo el mundo: la lucha entre el bien y el mal, los peligros de la desobediencia y la falta de respeto hacia la naturaleza, o la importancia del valor y el saber. Se trata de cuentos repletos de misterio, ingenio y sabiduría que han sobrevivido durante siglos y han sido transmitidos de padres a hijos.

Depuis que le monde est monde, les diamants ont fait couler plus de sang qu''aucune autre pierre, on les surnomme pierres de sang. Avec pour tout bagage un de ces superbes joyaux, Filippo s''embarque sur un navire en partance pour les Indes. Il espere ainsi acheter la liberte de son pere, emprisonne par un puissant prince afghan. Commence alors un perilleux voyage qui le menera de Venise aux montagnes de l''Orient. Une epopee fastueuse dans la lignee des plus grands romans d''aventures. Parcourez le monde du XVIIe siecle en compagnie de personnages passionnes et courageux.

WINNER OF THE NERO BOOK AWARD FOR CHILDRENS FICTION 2025 One of the Telegraphs 50 BEST CHILDRENS BOOKS OF ALL TIME The stunning novel from Jamila Gavin, bestselling and award-winning author of Coram Boy and The Wheel of Surya. Flawless Telegraph Based 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 Khan, the gunner fighting with the British Army; and a wild walnut tree. When Lottes farm is destroyed in the fighting, she and her sister flee with their young neighbour Michael, to take refuge beneath the walnut tree on the ridge a ridge currently being defended from the encroaching Germans by Indian gunner Khudadad Khan. There, they are joined by traumatised German soldier Ernst, whose horse lies lost in the trenches of the battle raging below. As their perspectives converge, their shared humanity emerges as a light in the darkness of war, safe beneath the branches of the walnut tree that shelters them all.

En la Inglaterra del siglo XVIII, Otis Gardiner, el hombre de Coram, hace siniestros negocios con los niños no deseados de mujeres ricas y pobres. Meshak, su hijo retardado, atormentado por las atrocidades de su padre, decide salvar al hijo ilegitimo de Melissa, su angel, y Alexander Ashbrook, un aristocrata desheredado por su familia debido a su devocion por la musica.

A stunning collection of mystical fairy tales, Blackberry Blue is packed with picturesque moments that will bewitch readers - BooktrustStep into a magical world of enchanted forests, talking animals and wicked witches . . .These six magical stories will thrill and enchant you. Watch Blackberry Blue rise from the bramble patch; follow Emeka the pathfinder on his mission to save a lost king; join Princess Desire as she gallops across the Milky Way on her jet-black horse.These beautifully written and original stories will delight readers of all ages, and the stunning illustrations by Richard Collingridge will take your breath away.Gavins six stories are spooky, engaging and refreshing in their originality. Complemented by Richard Collingridges atmospheric illustrations, this lovely book deserves to become a classic. - Marilyn Brocklehurst, Bookseller

A stunning and heartbreaking new novel from Jamila Gavin, the bestselling and award-winning author of Coram Boy and The Wheel of Surya. England, 1937. Gwen, Noor, Dodo and Vera are four very different teenage girls, with something in common. Their parents are all abroad, leaving them in their English boarding school, where they soon form an intense friendship. The four friends think that no matter what, they will always have each other. Then the war comes. The girls find themselves flung to different corners of the war, from flying planes in the Air Transport Auxiliary to going undercover in the French Resistance. Each journey brings danger and uncertainty as each of them wonders if they can make it through and what will be left of the world. But at the same time, this is what shows them who they really are and against this impossible backdrop, they find new connections and the possibility of love. Will the four friends ever see each other again? And when the war is over, who will be left to tell the story? A heartbreaking and gripping story of hope, fear and unbreakable friendship, for readers of Code Name Verity and When the World Was Ours.