The Conch Bearer

by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Author)

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  Paperback
  2005

  $3.47

  Anand wants his luck to change: he was a happy twelve-year-old boy before he was forced on to the streets to find work. His chance comes when he meets a strange old man, who tells Anand he needs his help returning a stolen treasure of extraordinary power - a tiny, magical conch shell. Anand and the old man set out for the magical place where the shell belongs. Together with Nisha, a headstrong girl who joins them on their journey, they must overcome terrible dangers sent by a dark force which is never far behind them.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2004

  $3.47

  Anand wants his life to change. He was a happy 12-year old before he was forced to go and work on the streets of his home in India. His chance comes, the day he meets a strange and ragged old beggar. Who is he? What does he want? The old man needs help returning a stolen possession of immeasurable value, and he reveals a tiny, beautiful shell. But this is no ordinary conch, it has a potent power of its own and must be taken to a place of safety many hundreds of miles away. Anand and the old man set out and are soon joined by Nisha, a headstrong but resourceful, young sweeper girl. Together they travel across burning plains and turbulent rivers to reach the mountainous Silver Valley. A journey made even more dangerous by evil spirits and fantastical creatures; sent by a thief who can feel the force of the conch, and who is never far behind them.