A very thoughtful YA book set in India during WWII and the Indian revolution against British colonial rule.
15 year old Vidya feels responsible when her father is injured at a protest, and the family must move in with relatives who despise them. Her brother Kitta is worried by the Japanese invasion of Burma and wants to join the British Army, although it was a British policeman who injured their father. A love interest named Raman offers Vidya a chance to escape to America with him, but her grandfather saves the day by offering to send her to college.
It was good, and interesting as an adult, but I think maybe not terrifically appealing to most teens.
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