Kim
Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · November 1, 2012
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- Who it’s for
- A curious orphan’s journey links lively encounters, the Great Trunk Road, and espionage.
- Themes
- Life in colonial India, Travel and discovery, Espionage
- Genres
- Spy Fiction, Action & Adventure, Historical Thrillers
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Start with this bookAbout this book
Reared in the teeming streets of India at the turn of the century, the orphan Kim is the "Friend of all the World," an imp with an endless interest in the extraordinary characters he meets daily. One of them, an old Tibetan lama, sets him on the path that will lead him to travel the Great Trunk Road, and become a spy for the British . . .
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A curious orphan’s journey links lively encounters, the Great Trunk Road, and espionage.
Come here for
- A roaming adventure driven by interest in extraordinary people
- The appeal of travel that leads toward spy work
Expect
- A lively narrative rooted in turn-of-century India
- A curious young perspective on an eventful road
Where it sits
| Action & Adventure | 80% |
|---|---|
| Historical Thrillers | 48% |
| Spy Fiction | 36% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Spy Fiction
- Romance Adventure
- Suspense
- Authors
- Rudyard Kipling
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- November 1, 2012
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Life in colonial India · Travel and discovery · Espionage
- Reading lane
- Spy Fiction