The Conch Bearer

In India, a healer invites twelve-year-old Anand to join him on a quest to return a magical conch to its safe and rightful home many hundreds of miles away, high in the Himalayan mountains.

Related: Asia, Historical Fiction, India, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

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