Asha & the Spirit Bird av Jasbinder Bilan

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<h3><b>Winner of the Costa Children''s Book Award 2019</h3>Winner of the Times/Chicken House Children''s Fiction Competition 2017<br>Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children''s Book Prize 2020<br>Longlisted for the Jhalak Prize 2019<br>Chosen as one of the Guardian''s Best Books of 2019</b><br><br><i>''This book is such a light-filled, huge-hearted delight of an adventure.''</i><b> KATHERINE RUNDELL</b><br><br><i>''An evocative debut novel ... satisfyingly classic in feel''</i><b> GUARDIAN</b><br><br><i>''A heartfelt and mystical children''s adventure story.''</i><b> TELEGRAPH</b><br><br> Asha lives in the foothills of the Himalayas. Money is tight and she misses her papa who works in the city. When he suddenly stops sending his wages, a ruthless moneylender ransacks their home and her mother talks of leaving.<br><br> From her den in the mango tree, Asha makes a pact with her best friend, Jeevan, to find her father and make things right. But the journey is dangerous: they must cross th