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DATE OF RELEASE: 31 JUL 2025

A stunning and heartbreaking new novel from Jamila Gavin, the bestselling and award-winning author of Coram Boy and The Wheel of Surya. "A truly exceptional novel” — The Bookseller Children’s Book of the Month Based on the true story of Indian WWI gunner and recipient of the Victoria Cross, Khudadad Khan. The story is told from four perspectives: Lotte, a Belgian farmgirl whose village is the flashpoint for a battle; Ernst, a German teenage cavalry soldier whose grandiose dreams of war lie in tatters; Khudadad Khan, the gunner fighting with the British Army; and the walnut tree that shelters them all.


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Publication: 31 Jul 2025, Harper Collins 

ISBN: 9780008617189

Extent: 160 pages

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        Description

        DATE OF RELEASE: 31 JUL 2025

        A stunning and heartbreaking new novel from Jamila Gavin, the bestselling and award-winning author of Coram Boy and The Wheel of Surya. "A truly exceptional novel” — The Bookseller Children’s Book of the Month Based on the true story of Indian WWI gunner and recipient of the Victoria Cross, Khudadad Khan. The story is told from four perspectives: Lotte, a Belgian farmgirl whose village is the flashpoint for a battle; Ernst, a German teenage cavalry soldier whose grandiose dreams of war lie in tatters; Khudadad Khan, the gunner fighting with the British Army; and the walnut tree that shelters them all.


        Paperback 
        Publication: 31 Jul 2025, Harper Collins 

        ISBN: 9780008617189

        Extent: 160 pages

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