My Soul, a Shining Tree

🌟🌟One of the Telegraph's 50 BEST CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF ALL TIME🌟🌟 A stunning and heartbreaking new novel from Jamila Gavin, the bestselling and award-winning author of Coram Boy and The Wheel of Surya. "Flawless" -- Telegraph "A must-read" -- The Times "Exceptional" -- The Bookseller Children's Book of the Month <br> <br> <p>Based on the true story of Indian WWI gunner and recipient of the Victoria Cross, Khudadad Khan. The story is told from four perspectives: Lotte, a Belgian farmgirl whose village is the flashpoint for a battle; Ernst, a German teenage cavalry soldier whose grandiose dreams of war lie in tatters; Khudadad Khan, the gunner fighting with the British Army; and the walnut tree that shelters them all.</p>