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TAMARIND & THE STAR OF ISHTA OUT NOW!
'Tamarind & The Star Of Ishta is even better than Asha & The Spirit Bird! A powerful story...Bilan is a huge rising star of children's books!'
​Fiona Noble - Bookseller
INDIE CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE MONTH!​
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Tamarind & The Star Of Ishta

Tamarind never knew her Indian mum, Chinty, who died soon after she was born. So when she arrives at her ancestral home, a huge mansion in the Himalayas surrounded by luxuriant gardens, she’s full of questions for her extended family. But instead of answers, she finds an ominous silence – and a trickle of intriguing clues: an abandoned hut, a friendly monkey, a glowing star ring, and a strange girl in the garden who calls herself Ishta. Slowly, Tamarind unravels a mystery at the heart of who she is …
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Teaching Notes

Asha & The Spirit Bird

Asha & The Spirit Bird is aimed at readers aged 9 years+. It's an adventure story with a  magical twist set in Northern India. The story follows eleven-year old Asha, who is empowered with spiritual connections to her grandmother, as she journeys through the wild and dangerous Himalayas with her best friend Jeevan.

Can they find Asha's missing papa in the city of Zandapur and return home before creditors take everything her family ever worked for? And is the lamagaia that Asha keeps seeing really her grandmother's spirit guiding her, or is it  just a mountain bird as Jeevan keeps saying?
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Praise For Asha & The Spirit Bird....

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'This jewel of a book, suffused with colour, warmth, hope and, of course, edge-of-your-seat adventure, is the perfect holiday read. Every school should have a copy.' -  Lauren St John
'An evocative debut...weaves ancient Hindu beliefs into a fast-past quest...satisfyingly classic in feel.'  - Imogen Russell-Williams - The Guardian - Books Of The Month - 25.01.19
'This book is such a light-filled, huge-hearted delight of an adventure.' - Katherine Rundell
'Fantastic debut...uplifting adventure...fire and fury...Bilan creates a vivid world." - Alex O'Connell - The Times Review Children's Book Of The Week - 02.03.19
'A beautifully evocative adventure, complete with prowling tigers and mystical vultures that follows a young girl's journey through the Himalayas to find her father.' - Abi Elphinstone
Bilan's story is an eye-opening adventure with one-sandalled foot in atmospheric realism and a toe-hold in the mythical.' - Kitty Empire - Observer Review Sunday - 13.01.19

The Author

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Jasbinder and Enzo
Jasbinder Bilan, author of Asha & The Spirit Bird and Tamarind & The Star Of Ishta,  lives near Bath, in England, with her husband, two sons and an adorable little dog named Enzo. She works as a teacher and in her free time (when she's not out walking Enzo), loves writing stories for children.  

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