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008 130215s2012 ii j 000 0 eng
010 _a 2013310715
020 _a9789381017753 (paperback)
025 _aI-E-2013-310715; 26-90
040 _aBLR
_beng
_cDLC
_erda
_dDLC
082 _223
_b013019
_a823.92 MUR
100 1 _aMurray, Kirsty.
245 1 4 _aThe Lilliputians /
_cKirsty Murray.
264 1 _aNew Delhi :
_bYoung Zubaan,
_c2010.
300 _a325 pages ;
_c20 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
_btxt
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
_bn
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
_bnc
500 _aA novel.
500 _aBased on a true story.
520 _aMadras 1910: Poesy and Tilly are caught in a scandal that willchange their lives forever. Singing and dancing across a hundredstages as members of a troupe of Australian child performers, calledThe Lilliputians, they travel by steam train into the heart ofIndia. But as one disaster follows another, money runs short andtempers fray. What must the girls do to protect themselves and howmany lives will be ruined if they try to break free? Based on a real historical incident, award winning writer KirstyMurray tells a tale of intrigue and skull duggery, of friendshipsmade and betrayed, set against the heat and dust of a lostEmpire. The Lilliputians is not only a gripping adventure story, butavividly imagined historical novel, that will enthrall youngreaders and take them on an unforgettable journey back intime...
650 7 _aTrue stories (Children's / Teenage)
651 0 _aIndia
_xHistory
_yBritish occupation, 1765-1947
_vFiction.
655 7 _aHistorical fiction.
655 7 _aYoung adult fiction.
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_cBK