The Prisoner of Bhopal

Fiction

eAudiobook

Provider: hoopla

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Nudged Children's Audiobooks, 2024
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 48 min.)) : digital

ISBN/ISSN
9781004173037 MWT17554468, 1004173032 17554468
LANGUAGE
English
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Read by Susheel Kumar

Amil has always dreamed of working at the modern, space-age pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, where he lives. Instead, on his tenth birthday, he is torn from his family and taken to work for Mr Kumar and his cruel son, Jalesh, in their dilapidated printing factory. There, hidden in a trunk, he finds a secret First World War journal. As its pages come to life, they reveal not only why Amil is there, but that he and the journal's author - his great-grandfather, Sanjiv - share a magical gift: they can read the wind. Its purpose remains a mystery until, one terrible night, the pesticide plant leaks poison gas into the air above Bhopal . . . "Important, moving, and brilliantly paced, this is a book that will stay with me for a very long time." - Hiba Noor Khan

Mode of access: World Wide Web

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