A walk across the sun : a novel
17-year-old Ahalya and her 15-year-old sister Sita are left orphaned and alone after a tsunami rages through their coastal Indian home. They are taken in by criminals and forced into a world of violence and underground commerce. Half a world away, Washington D.C. attorney Thomas Clarke decides to pursue a pro bono sabbatical in Mumbai prosecuting human trafficers. When he hears of the sisters' plight, he decides to make it his personal mission to save them.
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| Sisters > India > Fiction. Teenage girls > India > Fiction. Tsunamis > India > Coromandel Coast > Fiction. Disaster victims > India > Fiction. Human trafficking > India > Fiction. Child trafficking victims > Fiction. Tamil Nadu (India) > Fiction. Atlanta (Ga.) > Fiction. |
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| Fiction. |
- ISBN: 1443408247
- ISBN: 9781443408240
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Physical Description
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437 pages - Edition Harper Perennial trade pbk. ed.
- Publisher Toronto : Harper Perennial, 2014.
- Copyright ©2012
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 17.99 |
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