Strong As Fire, Fierce As Flame
Golden Kite Award, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College of EducationJane Addams Children's Book Award Honor Book, American…
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Golden Kite Award, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College of EducationJane Addams Children's Book Award Honor Book, American Library Association (ALA)Junior Library Guild Selection, Junior Library GuildSouth Asia Book Award Highly Commended BookIn 1857 India, 13-year-old Meera escapes a life she has no say in--and certain death on her husband's funeral pyre--only to end up a servant to a British general in the East India Company. When a rebellion against British colonizers spreads, she must choose between relative safety in a British household or standing up for herself and her people.India, 1857Meera's future has been planned for her for as long as she can remember. As a child, her parents married her to a boy from a neighboring village whom she