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Winner of the Guardian Fiction Award, this story of life in village India, where children are forced so young to be adult, will appeal to a wide range of ages. Hari and Lila are the eldest of a poor family and life is very hard indeed: their father is often drunk, their mother sick, and there seems no way out of the debt that the family is in.
Even growing industrialisation seems to offer a new threat to them. Despite the hardships they face, their tenacity and spirit stays strong and there is a happy ending. A very powerful story that fully deserves its place as a modern classic. ~ Andrea Reece
The story of Lila and Hari, the eldest children of a poor Indian village family, who must use all their courage to secure all their futures against appalling odds and increasing hardship. There is a six-part TV tie-in starring Saed Jaffery.
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The story of Lila and Hari, the eldest children of a poor Indian village family, who must use all their courage to secure all their futures against appalling odds and increasing hardship. There is a six-part TV tie-in starring Saed Jaffery.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Village By the Sea and determined it is suitable for children aged 11-14 years old
The Village By the Sea features in the following genres: Featured Books for 11+ readers, Recommendations, Recommended Children's eBooks, Featured Books for 13+ readers
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The Village By the Sea was written by Anita Desai and published by Puffin an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
The Village By the Sea has 160 pages