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India Dark

$17.00

Best Suited 11-14 Years
A strong and vivid novel based on the fascinating true story of a group of young Australian performers – children aged from seven to seventeen – who toured Asia and India early in the twentieth century before mounting a strike against their manager and precipitating a sensational court case.

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Madras 1910: a troupe of child performers are stranded, having staged a strike against their manager. Their fate now depends on the outcome of a court case, and an alliance with gentlemen of the British Raj. Based on a true story, India Dark recreates shifting friendships and loyalties and the clash of innocence versus experience against the backdrop of India’s seductive mysteries.