Everything seems to be going wrong for Bilal. His father is dying and India is in crisis. Then one day he makes an oath. He swears that he will do anything in his power to make sure his father never finds out the truth about what’s really happening to his precious India. With the help of his friends, Bilal goes on a mission to keep the secret of what’s going on in the real world from his father. Even though Bilal knows lying is wrong, he is determined to succeed, so that his father can die in peace, with his dreams for India still alive. This book is filled with detailed imagery and gives the reader a very clear description of what’s going on in the story, and in the character’s head.

Anisija Gillian, aged 12