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100 1  Kelkar, Supriya,|d1980-|eauthor. 
245 10 Strong as fire, fierce as flame|h[OverDrive/Libby 
       electronic resource]|cSupriya Kelkar. 
260    NEW YORK :|bTu Books,|c2021. 
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520    In 1857 India, 12-year-old Meera escapes a life she has no
       say in—and certain death on her husband's funeral 
       pyre—only to end up a servant to a British general in the 
       East India Company. When a rebellion against British 
       colonizers spreads, she must choose between relative 
       safety in a British household or standing up for herself 
       and her people. India, 1857Meera's future has been planned
       for her for as long as she can remember. As a child, her 
       parents married her to a boy from a neighboring village 
       whom she barely knows. Later, on the eve of her thirteenth
       birthday, she prepares to leave her family to live with 
       her husband's—just as her strict religion dictates. But 
       that night, Indian soldiers mutiny against their British 
       commanders and destroy the British ammunition depot, 
       burning down parts of Delhi. Riots follow, and Meera's 
       husband is killed. Upon hearing the news, Meera's father 
       insists that she follow the dictates of their fringe 
       religious sect: She must end her life by throwing herself 
       on her husband's funeral pyre. Risking everything, Meera 
       runs away, escaping into the chaos of the rebellion. But 
       her newfound freedom is short-lived, as she is forced to 
       become a servant in the house of a high-ranking British 
       East India Company captain. Slowly through her work, she 
       gains confidence, new friends, new skills—and sometimes 
       her life even feels peaceful. But one day, Meera stumbles 
       upon the captain's secret stock of ammunition, destined to
       be used by the British to continue colonizing India and 
       control its citizens. Will Meera do her part to take down 
       the British colonists and alert the rebellion of the 
       stockpile? Or will she stay safe and let others make 
       decisions for her? It really comes down to this: how much 
       fire must a girl face to finally write her own destiny? 
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610 20 East India Company|xOfficials and employees|vJuvenile 
       fiction. 
650  0 Child marriage|vJuvenile fiction. 
650  0 Husbands|xDeath|vJuvenile fiction. 
650  0 Runaway children|vJuvenile fiction. 
650  0 Household employees|vJuvenile fiction. 
650  0 British|xColonization|zIndia|vJuvenile fiction. 
650  0 Self-reliance in children|vJuvenile fiction. 
650  0 Courage|vJuvenile fiction. 
651  0 India|xHistory|ySepoy Rebellion, 1857-1858|vJuvenile 
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