The Blue Umbrella
The Blue Umbrella
by Ruskin Bond
Ages 9–12Indian author
A little girl in a Himalayan village trades a leopard's-claw pendant for a beautiful blue umbrella, and the envy it stirs in her village.
- Author
- Ruskin Bond
- Age
- Ages 9–12
- Type
- Fiction, Coming-of-age
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Puffin India
- In India
- Available
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