The Lost diamond / Kathleen McGurl

By:

McGurl, Kathleen [author]

Material type: Text

TextDescription: 280 pages ; 20 cmISBN:

9780008591700

Subject(s):

Families -- Fiction

DDC classification:

823.92 MCG

Summary: India, 1947: Celia Fforbes-Whyte remembers little about her beloved mother, but she will never forget how the family's prized diamond, the Chamakta Sitara, glistened at her throat. The diamond has been part of the family for as long as she can remember, but growing voices begin to ask whether it should ever have belonged to them at all? With danger closing in on the eve of Indian independence, Celia's father makes a drastic choice - to protect his family, the diamond must disappear without a trace.

List(s) this item appears in: M.Ndungu January 2026

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Cataloguing, Classification and Distribution	823.92 MCG (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		B231882
Books	Cataloguing, Classification and Distribution	823.92 MCG (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		B231873

India, 1947: Celia Fforbes-Whyte remembers little about her beloved mother, but she will never forget how the family's prized diamond, the Chamakta Sitara, glistened at her throat. The diamond has been part of the family for as long as she can remember, but growing voices begin to ask whether it should ever have belonged to them at all? With danger closing in on the eve of Indian independence, Celia's father makes a drastic choice - to protect his family, the diamond must disappear without a trace.

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The Lost diamond / Kathleen McGurl