A Moment Comes by Jennifer Bradbury

A Moment Comes by Jennifer Bradbury

Before India was divided, three teens, each from wildly different backgrounds, cross paths. And then, in one moment, their futures become irrevocably intertwined.

Tariq. Anupreet. Margaret. As different as their Muslim, Sikh, and British names. But in one moment, their futures become entirely dependent on one another's.

While the rest of India anxiously awaits the upcoming partition that will divide the country into two separate religious states, eighteen-year-old Tariq focuses on his own goal: to study at Oxford. But for a Muslim born and raised in India, there is no obvious path to England--until Tariq is offered a job translating for one of the British cartographers stationed in India, tasked with establishing the new borders.

Margaret, the cartographer's daughter, has only just arrived in India. But already she has discovered it to be hot, loud, and dull. She can't go anywhere alone for fear of the riots and violence. Eager for a distraction, she finds one in Tariq.

But it's Anupreet, another member of the staff, who has truly captured Tariq's eye. She's strikingly beautiful--but she's a Sikh, so not someone Tariq should even be caught looking at. And yet he's compelled to.

Against the backdrop of the nearly forgotten history of the partition of India, Jennifer Bradbury, as if with strands of silk, weaves together the heart-pounding tale of three teenagers on wildly different paths, on the verge of changing each other's lives forever.

Jennifer Bradbury's debut novel, Shift, received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews and was named an ALA and School Library Journal Best Book for Young Adults, as well as a YALSA pick and a spot on Booklist's Top 10 Crime Fiction for Young Adults list. It's also on a lot of reading lists in different states. Former English instructor and one-time Jeopardy! contestant

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ISBN 13	9781416978763
ISBN 10	1416978763
Title	A Moment Comes
Author	Jennifer Bradbury
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Year published	2013-06-25
Number of pages	288
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