num_pages: 126
description: Chandra was eleven and she was about to be married to a boy aged sixteen. What could go wrong to spoil her happiness But out in the desert she realized she was alone and far from home. She sat in the darkness of her little room, unwilling to accept what had happened to her. She tried to remember who she was, she hung on to her name. My name is Chandra, And I'll not let it be forgotten.' Chandra won The Writer's Guild Award for a children's novel and the Lancashire Book Award. This book is intended for interest 12+
language: English
title: Chandra
titlecomplete: Chandra
genres: India, Teen, Young Adult, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 209
places: India
awards: name: Writer's Guild Children's Book Award, name: Lancashire County Libraries Children's Book Award
publisher: Oxford University Press