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October 1947 Unwilling to join either India or Pakistan, the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir hopes to keep his kingdom independent. But when a wave of attacks from the northwest frontier--supported by Pakistan--ravages city after city, chaos descends upon the valley. As fear grips every neighborhood and friends flee Baramulla in panic, young Zooni faces a moment of reckoning. Where should her loyalties lie? A band of determined youngsters, led by her courageous cousin Maqbool Sherwani, vows to defend Kashmir and its people. But how can they stand against truckloads of tribesmen armed with grenades and guns? As Zooni searches for safety, she uncovers a dark secret that makes an already dangerous world even more perilous. Part of the Songs of Freedom series, this gripping story captures the courage and confusion of children caught in the storm of India's independence and partition.

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Winner of the Atta Galatta Bangalore Literature Festival Award for Best Children's Fiction (2023) and the Binod Kanoria Children's Book Award (2023), Mallika Ravikumar is a lawyer-turned-writer whose works have been published by Penguin, Hachette, Speaking Tiger, Karadi Tales, Katha, and others. She holds an M.A. in Ancient Indian History and Culture from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, and has served as curator and chief content writer for the Government of India's National Virtual Library of India portal on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Beyond writing, Mallika is passionate about nature and trees. She conducts tree walks and shares her explorations through her YouTube channel, Tree Talk with Mallika Ravikumar. To learn more about her books, tree walks, and talks, visit www.mallikaravikumar.com or find her on Instagram at @mallika.ravikumar.

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