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My Soul, a Shining Tree

By: Jamila Gavin
Narrated by: Akbar Kurtha, Beth Easdown, Sebastian Humphreys, Patience Tomlinson
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A stunning and heartbreaking novel from Jamila Gavin, the bestselling and award-winning author of Coram Boy and The Wheel of Surya.

Based on the true story of Indian WWI gunner and recipient of the Victoria Cross, Khudadad Khan. The story is told from four perspectives: Lotte, a Belgian farmgirl whose village is the flashpoint for a battle; Ernst, a German teenage infantry soldier whose grandiose dreams of war lie in tatters; Khudadad Khan, the gunner fighting with the British Army; and the walnut tree that shelters them all.

©2025 Jamila Gavin (P)2025 HarperCollins Publishers
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