Winner of the 2011 Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Award,Helen Limon's novel Om Shanti Babe is a real winner of a story, hard to put down from beginning to end.
Cassia can't wait for her first visit to India... Bollywood glamour, new friends, a new adventure into this exciting world.
But it doesn't work out quite like that!
Kerala has a life all of it's own and the culture shock is HUGE! and then her Mum's new romance with 'call me V' Mr Chaudury, her own stand off with fashion mad Priyanka takes over. But pop idol Jonny Gold arrives on the beach with his new song, Om Shanti, Babe, sparking a mystery, new friendships, a race to save the mangrove swamps...
Om Shanti, Babe, a roller coaster journey of discovery with an exciting environmental twist- all against the backdrop of beautiful Kerala.
The Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Award encourages and promotes diversity in children's fiction. Jointly founded by Frances Lincoln Ltd and Seven Stories, the national centre for children's books it is a powerful voice for the world of children.
Om Shanti, Babe is published by Janetta Otter-Barry at Frances Lincoln. Buy direct from Frances Lincoln or through Dolphin Booksellers.
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