AN UNFORGETTABLE STORY BASED ON REAL EVENTS ABOUT FINDING THE COURAGE TO CREATE YOUR OWN DESTINY.
In the outskirts of Bihar's Red Light District, fourteen-year-old Heera is living on borrowed time. Her father plans to sell her into the sex trade to pay off the family's debts. But after watching her cousin suffer this fate, Heera is determined to find a way out. A chance encounter introduces her to the power of kung fu. Through martial arts, Heera learns to harness her own strength to protect herself and those around her. When her best friend goes missing, Heera suspects the worst. So she embarks on a daring rescue mission - one that will take her straight into the path of danger and halfway across the world.
| ISBN: | 9780861546947 |
| Publication date: | 6th July 2023 |
| Author: | Ruchira Gupta |
| Publisher: | Rock the Boat an imprint of Oneworld Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 336 pages |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage category fiction Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women Children’s / Teenage emotions: Courage, bravery, hope Children’s / Teenage: Social topics: Poverty / precarity Children’s / Teenage: Social issues / topics Young Adult Fiction |