This paperback edition includes an excerpt of All My Noble Dreams and Then What Happens, the standalone companion to Small Acts of Amazing Courage. National Book Award–winning author Gloria Whelan’s “insight into history and her characters’ minds make every moment of this saga believable” ( Publishers Weekly, starred review). As she comes of age during this volatile period of history, will she find the courage to claim her own identity and become her own person? This penetrating story, told with lush and vivid detail, contrasts Rosalind’s privilege and daily experiences in India with the hardship of the people around her. Rosalind longs to live the life that her heart tells her, not what her parents prescribe for her, but no one seems to listen. A man named Ghandi is coming to power, talking about nonviolence and independence from Britain. While her father has been at war, Rosalind sees the country slowly change. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Small Acts of Amazing Courage. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Rosalind is kept from boarding school in England at her mother’s insistence. Small Acts of Amazing Courage - Kindle edition by Whelan, Gloria. It is India, 1918, six months after the end of World War I, and Rosalind awaits the return of her father from the war. Kindness has incredible consequences in this compelling novel set in colonial India from a “master storyteller” ( Publishers Weekly) and National Book Award-winning author.
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