Tamarind’s really nervous about meeting her mum’s side of the family for the first time. She’s staying with them at their home deep in the Himalayan mountains for a whole week. While she’s there she wants to learn all she can about her mum, who died when Tamarind was a baby. A charming story that will appeal to fans of Eva Ibbotson and Kiran Millwood Hargrave.’ SCHOOL READING LIST

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I am an experienced KS2 teacher, Reading SATs marker and KS2 Writing moderator and I have produced all of the resources provided using my knowledge and expertise. The story is very touching, but even more affecting is Bilan’s gorgeous prose, which evokes a world full of wonder, glitter and light.’ BIG ISSUE Tamarind has never met her Indian mother, Chinty, who died shortly after she was born. But when her father remarries, Tamarind is sent to India to stay with the family she has never met, in their atmospheric ancestral home—a huge mansion high in the Himalaya mountains.Jasbinder Bilan, author of Asha & The Spirit Bird and Tamarind & The Star Of Ishta,lives near Bath, in England, with her husband, two sons and an adorable little dog named Enzo. She works as a teacher and in her free time (when she's not out walking Enzo), loves writing stories for children. This is a 15-session Literary Leaf for Tamarind and the Star of Ishtaby Jasbinder Bilan which covers all aspects of the Lower Key Stage 2 content domains. Children will begin by considering the setting for the story and exploring the similarities and differences between the UK and India as presented in the text. Throughout, there will be plentiful opportunities for children to answer retrieval and inference questions presented in different formats, as well as defining new vocabulary in context, predicting, sequencing and summarising. The series of lessons culminates in children considering the significance of various items in the story. Synopsis of Text: PDF / EPUB File Name: Tamarind_and_the_Star_of_Ishta_-_Jasbinder_Bilan.pdf, Tamarind_and_the_Star_of_Ishta_-_Jasbinder_Bilan.epub This is an intriguing and emotional story which weaves together themes of identity, belonging and bereavement with mythology and magical realism, all within the stunning setting of a grand old house in India. Tamarind and her cousin Sufia are quite challenging characters, and the family’s reactions to Tamarind’s presence are sometimes surprising – but when Tamarind puts the pieces of the past together everything falls into place. So, when she arrives at her ancestral home, a huge mansion in the Himalayas surrounded by luxuriant gardens, she's full of questions for her extended family.

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A powerful story of loss and identity, home and family, Tamarind and the Star of Ishta weaves a family mystery together with adventure and wonder from Costa Award-winning author, Jasbinder Bilan.Book Genre: Childrens, Cultural, Family, Fantasy, Fiction, India, Magical Realism, Middle Grade, Mystery, Novels, Young Adult Asha & The Spirit Bird is aimed at readers aged 9 years+. It's an adventure story with a magical twist set in Northern India. The story follows eleven-year old Asha, who is empowered with spiritual connections to her grandmother, as she journeys through the wild and dangerous Himalayas with her best friend Jeevan. Moving house is the last thing Abi needs. She has enough stress with her two annoying stepbrothers. What's more, odd things start to happen in their new home.An unsettling, magical thriller that leaves you unsure where reality ends and the supernatural begins. Asha And The Spirit Bird is aimed at readers aged 9 years+. It's an adventure story with amagical twist set in Northern India. The story follows eleven-year old Asha, who is empoweredwith spiritual connections to her grandmother, as she journeys through the wildand dangerous Himalayas with her best friend Jeevan.