Title: The blood stone
Description: In the early seventeenth century, young Venetian Filippo Veroneo travels from Venice to Afghanistan to rescue his imprisoned father, Geronimo, and stops in India to raise the ransom by selling his father's beautiful diamond to the ruler Shah Jehan, who later uses the stone as the model for the Taj Mahal. Suggested level: secondary.
Subjects: Voyages and travels, Juvenile fiction, Fathers and sons, Children's fiction, Fathers and sons, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction