Join 12-year-old Tash & her best friend Sam in a story of adventure survival & hope set in the vivid Himalayan landscape of Tibet & India Filled with friendship love & courage this young girl's thrilling journey to save her parents is an ideal read for children aged 9-12 There are two words that are banned in Tibet Two words that can get you locked in prison without a second thought I watch the soldiers tramping away & call the words after them ' Dalai Lama' Tash has to follow many rules to survive in Tibet a country occupied by Chinese soldiers But when a man sets himself on fire in protest & soldiers seize Tash's parents she & her best friend Sam must break the rules They are determined to escape Tibet
- & seek the help of the Dalai Lama himself in India & so with a backpack of Tash's father's mysterious papers & two trusty yaks by their side their extraordinary journey across the mountains begins