Small Acts of Amazing Courage, Gloria Whelan
Small Acts of Amazing Courage, Gloria Whelan
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Small Acts of Amazing Courage

Author: Gloria Whelan

Narrator: Mandy Williams

Unabridged: 4 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/26/2011

Synopsis

It is 1918, six months after the end of World War I, and Rosalind awaits the return of her father from the war. While it is common practice for British children in India to be packed off to boarding school at the age of 6, Rosalind is unusual because she lives and is schooled in India because her mother insists. The heart of this penetrating story is Rosalind's coming of age set against the hardship of life for the Indian people, Rosalind's daily life in India, the rise of Ghandi and Rosalind's coming to make her own decisions and become her own person.

About The Author

Gloria Whelan is the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of many books for children and young adults. She won the National Book Award for young people's literature for her novel Homeless Bird. A versatile author of historical and contemporary fiction for children and young adults, as well as short stories and poetry for adults, Whelan is, according to Liz Rosenberg in the Chicago Tribune, "an accomplished, graceful, and intelligent writer." Visit her online at gloriawhelan.com

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tasha

Rosalind is not a normal British child living in India in 1918. The other girls her age are shipped back to England for boarding school or spend their days at the club flirting covertly with young English soldiers and swimming in the pool. Rosalind has never been to England, her mother refused to se......more

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