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193 pp.
| HarperCollins |
May, 2000 |
TradeISBN 0-688-16735-7$$15.95
(3)
4-6
Set in Tibet roughly a century ago, this story revolves around the coming of age of a boy banished from his village to live with his uncle in a Buddhist monastery. Although the story provides an insightful background to the cultural and political tension that contemporary Tibet is caught in today, it is told with enough fast-paced verve to make it an enticing adventure story in its own right. Glos.