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Tamarind and the Star of Ishta

Tamarind & the Star of Ishta

Published: 3 Sep 2020

Paperback / softback, 224 pages

Recommended for age 9+ and 11+

By Jasbinder Bilan

Published by Chicken House Ltd

£5.90
£5.90
RRP £7.99
This title features in our Reading Gladiators™ selection.
Tamarind never knew her Indian mum, who died soon after she was born.

So when she arrives at her ancestral home, a huge mansion in the Himalayas surrounded by luxuriant gardens, she's full of questions for her extended family. But instead of answers, she finds an ominous silence - and a trickle of intriguing clues: an abandoned hut, a friendly monkey, a glowing star ring, and a strange girl in the garden who calls herself Ishta. Slowly, Tamarind unravels a mystery at the heart of who she is ...

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