num_pages: 265
description: Action, adventure, and magic are combined in this exotic, compelling quest fantasy by a distinguished author of adult fiction and poetry. Set in contemporary India, the story opens in a poor section of Calcutta, where 12-year-old Anand is entrusted with a conch shell imbued with mystical powers. Anand's task is to return the shell to its rightful home high in the Himalayas. Will he succeed? This is literary fiction of the highest order, as well as an adventure story that is almost impossible to put down.
language: English
title: The Conch Bearer
titlecomplete: The Conch Bearer (The Brotherhood of the Conch Series)
genres: Fiction, Middle Grade, India, Childrens, Juvenile, Magic, Fantasy, Adventure, School, Young Adult
ratings_count: 2132
series: Brotherhood of the Conch
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Roaring Brook Press