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Sita Brahmachari was born in Derby in 1966 to an Indian doctor from Kolkata and an English nurse from the Lake District. She has a BA in English Literature and an MA in Arts Education. Her many projects and writing commissions have been produced in theatres, universities, schools and community groups throughout Britain and America. Sita lives and works in North London with her husband, three children and a temperamental cat. Sita's debut novel, Artichoke Hearts, won the 2011 Waterstones Children's Book Prize and was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. It was also shortlisted for the Redbridge Children's Book Award, the Berkshire Book Award, the Romantic Novel Award (young adult category), Peters Book of the Year, the Fabulous Awards for Books and the Ealing Readers Award.<b>a book of our time... full of the warmth of friendship and community</b>
- Gill Lewis, author of <i>Sky Hawk</i>,
<i>Tender Earth addresses complex ideas with grace and immense humanity</i>
- Katherine Rundell, author of <i>The Wolf Wilder</i> and <i>Rooftopper</i>s,
<i>Inclusive Minds are delighted to welcome the arrival of </i>Tender Earth <i>on the children’s book landscape. We embrace a book like this that has been so thoroughly researched and demonstrates such authentic inclusion</i>
Inclusive Minds
<i>[Tender Earth] illuminates the importance of equality, friendship and solidarity and upholds our right to protest against injustice</i>
Amnesty International UK
Laila Levenson has always been the baby of the family, but now with her older siblings, Mira and Krish, leaving home just as she starts secondary school, everything feels like it's changing... can the reappearance of Nana Josie's Protest Book and the spirit it releases in Laila, her friends and her local community, help her find her own voice and discover what she truly believes in?
A powerful chime rings through Laila's mind, guiding her to walk the footsteps of the past on her way to discover her own future.