Evie and Maryam's Family Tree
Evie and Maryam's Family Tree
by Janeen Hayat
Ages 9–12
A school project reveals that two very different girls had great-grandmothers in 1920s Delhi, and the story moves between present-day England and pre-independence India. A warm look at friendship, family roots and prejudice.
- Author
- Janeen Hayat
- Age
- Ages 9–12
- Type
- Friendship, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Guppy Books
- In India
- Available
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