The Hidden Jewel
Everything about India shouted adventure to fourteen-year-old English boy John Knight. Crowds of people swarmed the streets, temple elephants paraded about, monkeys scolded at passers-by—this was easily the most exciting place John had ever been. But he and his mother are not prepared for what they discover when they befriend an Irish missionary named Amy Carmichael. John is shocked to learn that a young Indian girl is to be a “child bride” forced by her uncle to marry an elderly man! What will happen if John does not act? Who will save Jewel? Will all the fears in Jewel’s eyes come to pass?
Everything about India shouted adventure to fourteen-year-old English boy John Knight. Crowds of people swarmed the streets, temple elephants paraded about, monkeys scolded at passers-by—this was easily the most exciting place John had ever been. But he and his mother are not prepared for what they discover when they befriend an Irish missionary named Amy Carmichael. John is shocked to learn that a young Indian girl is to be a “child bride” forced by her uncle to marry an elderly man! What will happen if John does not act? Who will save Jewel? Will all the fears in Jewel’s eyes come to pass?
Everything about India shouted adventure to fourteen-year-old English boy John Knight. Crowds of people swarmed the streets, temple elephants paraded about, monkeys scolded at passers-by—this was easily the most exciting place John had ever been. But he and his mother are not prepared for what they discover when they befriend an Irish missionary named Amy Carmichael. John is shocked to learn that a young Indian girl is to be a “child bride” forced by her uncle to marry an elderly man! What will happen if John does not act? Who will save Jewel? Will all the fears in Jewel’s eyes come to pass?
