The Peacock Garden
$28.30
- Paperback
80 pages
- Release Date
13 October 2026
Summary
The Peacock Garden
A Muslim girl lives through the 1947 partition of India in this historical fiction book for kids ages 7-10 about finding strength and hope amidst loss.
The Peacock Garden is a story of a young Muslim girl named Zuni and her family’s near escape from the violence of the 1947 partition. Unwilling to leave India, they flee their village and find shelter in a nearby mosque where Zuni is comforted by the natural beauty of the mosque’s inner gardens and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798896230601 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Anita Desai, Mei-Yum Low |
| Publisher: | New York Review Books |
| Imprint: | NYRB Kids |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 80 |
| Release Date: | 13 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 132mm x 194mm |
| Audience Age: | 7-10 |
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Anita Desai
Anita Desai is a novelist, short-story writer, and author of children’s books. She was born in Mussoorie, India, and studied at Delhi University.
Desai is the author of several novels, including Fire on the Mountain, Clear Light of Day, In Custody, and Fasting, Feasting, each of which was short-listed for the Booker Prize. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and of Girton College, Cambridge and Clare Hall, Cambridge. Desai is the John E. Burchard Professor of Writing at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Mei-Yim Low is a London-based artist who has illustrated several children’s books.
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