Kimball O'Hara, an Irish orphan living by his wits in the streets of Lahore, falls in with a Tibetan lama walking a pilgrimage route and then with the men who run British intelligence.
The novel of nineteenth-century India by Rudyard Kipling is abridged and illustrated for young readers, holding together the two threads that make it unusual: a spiritual search and a spy network. Bazaars, road travel and shifting loyalties fill the pages, and the simplified narration keeps the plot legible without dropping its questions about identity and belonging.
Worth knowing before buying:
• An abridged text that keeps both the lama's quest and the espionage
• Illustrations of colonial-era Indian streets and landscapes
• Themes of loyalty, culture and choice left open for discussion
• Pitched at independent readers of about nine and above
A choice for classrooms, reading groups and children drawn to adventure with some substance behind it. Available from Boipoka.
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