The Track of the Wind. Jamila Gavin

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      The poem here is by Mir Taqil Mir translated by D. J. Matthews in 1995 in Urdu Literature published by Third World Foundation copyright © 1995 D. J. Matthews Every effort has been made to trace the copyright holder

      First published in Great Britain 1997 by Methuen Children’s Books

       Paperback edition first published 1995 by Egmont UK Limited

       This edition published 2018 by Egmont UK Limited

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      Text copyright © 1997 Jamila Gavin

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      First e-book edition 2018

      ISBN 978 0 749 74742 8

       Ebook ISBN 978 1 4052 9280 1

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       Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Epigraph

Prologue

1. The letter

2. Secret love

3. The dividing sword

4. The sparrow meets the hawk

5. The whispering stones

       6. The drum beats again

       7. Jungli’s gift

       8. The nihang

       9. Commitments

       10. Last star

       11. Wishes like wild flowers

       12. Knowing your enemies

       13. Knowing your friends

       14. The first circle

       15. The second circle

       16. The third circle

       17. The fourth circle

       18. Truth

       19. Farewells

       20. The track of the wind

       21. The lesson to be learned

       22. The beast lay dying

       23. The second daughter: Beryl’s story

       24. Of flesh and blood

       25. Sisters

       26. On living and dying

       27. Letters from across the ocean

       28. The first principal’s wife

       Epilogue

       About the Author