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020			_a9780008591700
040			_aKenya National Library Service
082			_a823.92 MCG
100			_a McGurl, Kathleen _eauthor
245			_aThe Lost diamond / _cKathleen McGurl
300			_a280 pages ; _c20 cm
520			_aIndia, 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.
650			_aFamilies -- Fiction.
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