The Lion Queen: Rasila Vadher, the First Woman Guardian of the Last Asiatic Lions

2023 — by Rina Singh and Tara Anand

"Never look a lion in the eyes,” a mother tells her fearless girl. After a field trip to the Gir Forest, the girl learns all about the rare Asiatic lions of India, and from that day on, she dreams of taking care of them when she grows up. But not everyone thinks a girl has a right to such a dream, and so she stifles what she wishes for most, a roar growing inside her. That is, until the day she comes face to face with a lion." -- publisher