Nura and the Immortal Palace

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Nura and the Immortal Palace

Nura and the Immortal Palace

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Based in Pakistan today, using the traditional Muslim tales of jinn that are timeless, Khan creates a fantasy adventure that can also help today’s child appreciate the inequalities and the dangers of modern life for those less fortunate than themselves. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. I’m not sure the theme of the importance of education came through quite as strongly as it was intended to, but the ideas of money, and greed, and the cycle of exploitation were wonderfully done, and in an age-appropriate way that I hope a lot of children will be able to understand. I’ll be getting it for my brother, so he can see the suffering of children in many parts of the world while also experiencing a great adventure where kids like him are heroes. spunky, not quite sure how to describe it, it's still a very solid debut and I'm excited to read more from this author.

Nura’s family life at the start with her mother and brother and sisters is lovely to see, and her friendship with Faisal is one I really liked too. An epic adventure into the world of the jinn which is best enjoyed with a plate of jalebi or gulab jamun.

And later on, I appreciated how she absorbed the lessons from different encounters, she always has her family as her priority. Nura has worked all her life in the mica mines, earning just enough to keep her family afloat - and enjoy the odd delicious gulab jamun from the market. Author MT Khan takes us on a magical journey through the contrasting worlds of a mica miner to the bountiful world of the jinn palace. By submitting a review you grant us the right to display and use it in any way; please read our General Legal Notices for full details. I came away with such a vivid image of every room and every piece of drool enticing food Khan described in a way that left me feeling like I'd watched a movie.

It’s a completely different way of life and something that she’s not use to which further entices her into this new world. But sometimes,” he sighs, ruffling my hair, “if you dig hard enough, you can find sparkles in the dirt, can’t you? I knew it was going to be dealing with a heavy subject matter and I wasn’t sure that I was prepared to read that. Nura is determined to find a special treasure known as the Demon’s Tongue which is rumoured to be hidden in the mines.Some day she’s going to find the Demon’s Tongue, a legendary treasure buried deep in the mines, and she'll never have to worry about money again. The theme of child labour and poverty were so well-done, and not something I’ve seen covered much in kidlit. Nura works hard in the mica mines near her home town in Pakistan, earning just enough to keep her family afloat.

When she ends up travelling to the land of the jinn I like what happens at first, with the strange things Nura encounters and the strange jinn she meets including her qareen. nura and the rest of the kids in the mica mines risk their lives everyday to earn a little bit so that they can provide extra for the family. She did make some rash decisions as well as assumptions (but who doesn’t) and she learns to acknowledge that.An enchanting portal fantasy full of hope but one that also brings to light the harsh realities of poverty that are present around the world. From the start of the book Nura’s mother is very forward thinking and keen for her daughter not to work but to have an education. K. Khan tackled the topic of child labour/exploitation with a sensitivity and honesty that perfectly matches its middle grade market without sugar coating its dangers and wrongness. Nura and the Immortal Palace follows Nura, a 12 year old girl who is one of countless children working in the mica mines of Meera Bagh to help her single mother support their family. There’s a smooth blend of the shining world in the story with insights into how mere kids are exploited and how the rich turn the poor against each other for their benefit.

This action-packed story set in a Muslim community moves at a fast pace, with evocative writing that brings the fantasy world to life and lyrical imagery to describe emotions. Jinns are essentially spirits and tricksters but as Nura finds out that not all jinns are scary and some are good.I got to read an arc of this book, and I was so charmed by the characters and the magic and the lush world of the Djinn! I really admire how a Middle Grade fantasy manages to include important topics of the vicious cycle of exploitation as well as prevalent child labour practices in parts of the world. But once I saw the cover of Nura and the Immortal Palace and read the premise, I just knew that I needed to read this story.



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