<p>“Everybody lies. We all do it. Many years ago I told one lie that has taken on a life of its own.” In India in 1947 the country is coming apart―and so is thirteen-year-old Bilal’s life. He is determined to protect his dying father from the news of Partition, news that he knows will break his father's heart. With spirit and determination, and with the help of his good friends, Bilal builds an elaborate deception, even printing false pages of the local newspaper to hide the signs of national unrest. All Bilal wants is for his father to die in peace. But that means Bilal has a very complicated relationship with the truth. This extraordinarily rich debut novel brings to life a key moment in history and touches on the importance of tolerance, love and family.</p>

A Beautiful Lie

Children's Books

Master, Irfan

Literature & Fiction

AW Teen

<p>This novel is set in India in 1947 at the time of Partition. Although the backdrop is this key event in Indian history, the novel is even more far-reaching, touching on the importance of tolerance, love and family. The main character is Bilal, a boy determined to protect his dying father from the news of Partition.</p>

Bloomsbury Paperbacks

<p><div>At a time that feels unprecedented in British politics - with unlawful prorogations of parliament, casual race-baiting by senior politicians, and a climate crisis that continues to be ignored - it's easy to think these are uncharted waters for us, as a democracy. But Britain has seen political crises and far-right extremism before, just as it has witnessed regressive, heavy-handed governments. Much worse has been done, or allowed to be done, in the name of the people and eventually, those same people have called it out, stood up, and resisted. In this new collection of fictions and essays spanning two millennia of British protest, authors, historians, and activists re-imagine twenty acts of defiance: campaigns to change unjust laws, protests against unlawful acts, uprisings successful and unsuccessful - from Boudica to Blair Peach, from the Battle of Cable Street to the tragedy of Grenfell Tower. Britain might not be famous for its revolutionary spirit, but its people know when to draw the line, and say very clearly, '¡No pasarán!'</div></p>

Resist: Stories of Uprising (History-into-fiction)

SHAMSIE, Kamila

Lalwani, Nikita

Edwards, Martin

Williams, Eley

Caldwell, Lucy

Lewis, Anna

BELL, JULIA

Goldie, Luan

Holmes, Gaia

Gatward, Uschi

O'Rourke, Donny

Smith, Karline

Lambert, Zoe

Bidisha, Bidisha

Bradley, SJ

Brown, Jude

Chambers, Steve

Squirell, Kim

Stewart, Lucas

Short Stories & Anthologies

Comma Press

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