Escape From Amritsar

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Escape From Amritsar

Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction Children’s / Teenage social topics: War and conflict issues

Author: Bali Rai

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Language: English

Published by: Bloomsbury Education

Published on: 3rd July 2025

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 160 pages

ISBN: 9781801997737


Setting the Scene

Amritsar, India, 1919. A city on the brink of violence, as tensions between the local people and the British colonial rulers explode.

The Conflict

12-year-old Arjan Singh learns that his father has been falsely charged with serious crimes. But there has been a terrible massacre in the city, as British troops fired on unarmed Indians, and the city is under curfew. Anger and fear have left the population seething and danger lurks around every corner.

The Mission

Arjan sets out on a perilous mission to save his father, in the face of armed troops, martial curfew, and vicious local bandits. Can he escape and get to his father before it’s too late?

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