Nishas War, Dan Smith
Nishas War, Dan Smith
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Nisha's War

Author: Dan Smith

Narrator: Nikki Patel

Unabridged: 8 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/2022

Synopsis

1942. Nisha's Malayan home has been destroyed by war. She and her mother Amma flee to her father's ancestral house in England, perched on a cliff top on the cold Northern coast. When Amma falls gravely ill, Nisha is left to face her formidable grandmother alone. The old woman's rules are countless, including forbidding Nisha to climb the Weeping Tree - a claw of leafless, twisted branches jutting upwards from the crag. But when a ghost child beckons Nisha to sit under its boughs, and promises her Amma's life in return for three truths, the tree's pull proves irresistible . . .

About Dan Smith

Dan Smith grew up following his parents across the world to Africa, Indonesia and Brazil. He has been writing short stories for as long as he can remember and has been published in the anthology MATTER 4, shortlisted for the Royal Literary Fund mentor scheme, the Northern Writers Awards, the 2010 Brit Writers Published Author of the Year award and the Authors' Club First Novel award. He lives in Newcastle with his family. Find out more at
www.dansmithsbooks.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chris on May 06, 2022

Well, this was something a little bit special (and by ‘a little bit’ I mean a LOT). Nisha’s War by Dan Smith is a beautiful tale of a WWII refugee who comes to the North East of England and finds more than she was expecting. It’s a story that’s going to haunt my imagination for a long time.......more

Goodreads review by Emily on March 10, 2023

I deeply enjoyed reading this book. It had all the familiarity of classic, reminding me of the Famous Five or Tom's Midnight Garden, but with an interesting modern twist. Set in 1941 Nisha is escaping the Japanese invasion of Singapore with her Mother, to her grandmother's house in the North of Engl......more

Goodreads review by mrs hayley mason on December 04, 2022

So many deja vu moments! Utterly fantastic!......more

Goodreads review by Katharine on June 07, 2022

A masterfully told and gripping tale.......more

Goodreads review by Julia on June 04, 2024

Nisha’s War by Dan Smith is a terrific children’s historical novel, for ages ten years and over. It is a book that will educate you as you read, whilst also entertaining. The novel is set in 1942 on Barrow Island in the north east of England. There is a secondary location of a rubber plantation in Ma......more

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