Böcker av Rosanne Hawke

The carpet flies Pepper Masalah and Zamir back in time to find its original owner in Moghul India, who is none other than the ailing Emperor Shah Jahan. Zam is accused of stealing the carpet and thrown in the dungeon. How will Pepper and her new friends rescue him? And how can they return home without the carpet? They are lost in time.

The carpet is shot at over Afghanistan and the Simurgh (a giant bird from Persian folklore) snatches Pepper from the carpet to feed her young when they hatch. The carpet is disorientated without Pepper and disappears after Zam falls off. He makes the long climb up the mountain to find Pepper. How will they get home to Australia without the carpet?

The carpet lands in the River Nile. After Pepper has a run-in with a crocodile, she and Zam are taken to a temple to be safe. Here cats are revered and Pepper most of all. She is so special the attendants want to make a mummy of her.

A captivating and heartfelt story of one boy's resilience in the face of devastating drought.

Pepper Masalah and the Flying Carpet takes us on a magic carpet adventure with black cat Pepper and her 9-year-old human, Zamir. Stranded in a distant land, how will they find their way back home to Australia? The author blends culture, legend and history throughout the story. This is the first junior fiction novel in the series by Rosanne Hawke.

Shahana lives alone with her young brother in the shadow of the Line of Control, the border patrolled by Pakistani and Indian soldiers that divides Kashmir in two. She finds a boy lying unconscious near the border. Zahid is from across the Line of Control, and Shahana takes a terrible risk by sheltering him.