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Anila's Journey
Anila's Journey
Author: Mary Finn
Set in colonial India, this richly layered coming-of-age tale follows a spirited young artist on a journey up the Ganges -- and through the enigmas of her past. — How can Anila Tandy, left to fend for herself after her mother's death, dare to apply for a job that is clearly not meant for a woman? But somehow the "Bird Girl of Calc...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780763639167
ISBN-10: 0763639168
Publication Date: 10/14/2008
Pages: 320
Edition: 1
Reading Level: Young Adult
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Publisher: Candlewick
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Set in the late 1700s in colonial India, this YA historical novel is told through the eyes of a teen-aged girl, whose Indian mother is dead, and Irish father disappeared. Because of her ability as an artist, Anila is able to get a job accompanying an English naturalist on his quest on the Ganges River for unknown bird species while she tries to find out where her father might be.
There is a lot depicted about the Indian attitude towards women, and the attitude of the British overlords to the Indian people as a whole and Indian women in particular. There are no graphic sexual scenes, but sex without marriage is rife.


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