SUMMER READING FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS
Carlisle Area School District's Summer Reading is an ambitious and wide-ranging program from 6th to 12th grades, including AP levels. Most are always in stock, and we are committed to stocking them all from May through August. Don't put it off 'til the last moment!
A Passage to India
A Passage to India
Fiction; India-British Colonialism
When Adela Quested and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, they quickly feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced 'Anglo-Indian' community. Determined to escape the parochial English enclave and explore the 'real India', they seek the guidance of the charming and mercurial Dr Aziz, a cultivated Indian Muslim. But a mysterious incident occurs while they are exploring the Marabar caves with Aziz, and the well-respected doctor soon finds himself at the centre of a scandal that rouses violent passions among both the British and their Indian subjects. A masterly portrait of a society in the grip of imperialism, A Passage to India compellingly depicts the fate of individuals caught between the great political and cultural conflicts of the modern world.