Tiger Moon
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Advance warning -- Safia and Raka -- Through air -- The bloodstone -- The night of the rats -- The Indian butcher's stall -- The trunk of the sacred Bodhi tree -- Raka and Lalit -- Through water -- A greeting from the monsoon -- A little white cow -- A copy of himself -- A light as bright as the sun -- Lalit and Raka -- Through fire -- Ashes -- Arrack -- Sand -- Stone -- Lalit and Lagan -- Through love -- Among the rose thorns -- Under the date palm -- The end of the song.
Sold to be the eighth wife of a rich and cruel merchant, Safia, also called Raka, tries to escape her fate by telling stories of Farhad the thief, his companion Nitish the white tiger, and their travels across India to retrieve a famous jewel that will save a kidnapped princess from becoming the bride of a demon king.
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Beautiful Culture Story submitted by makharris on July 26, 2014, 8:25pm This book is a very good book about Indian Culture. It has a little information about India itself.
PUBLISHED
New York : Amulet Books, 2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: 453 p. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
READING LEVEL
Lexile: 820
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780810994812
081099481X
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Bell, Anthea.
SUBJECTS
Brigands and robbers -- Fiction.
Arranged marriage -- Fiction.
Storytellers -- Fiction.
Robbers and outlaws -- Fiction.
Tigers -- Fiction.
Princesses -- Fiction.
India -- Fiction.