Boy No. 32
Author: Venita Coelho Publisher: Scholastic About the book:An explosion brings down the orphanage that is home to Battees. Buried in the debris, he realises that something impossible has happened. Someone has got inside his head. It’s Goongi who cannot speak. Battees identifies the terrorist who blew up the orphanage and he obviously wants the only […]
Ela
Author: Sampurna Chattarji Publisher: Scholastic India About the book: Ela is a happy child with everything she could wish for, until her thirteenth birthday when she discovers she is an adopted kid. The story is about how she copes with this new knowledge. A Children’s Bookshelf Selection: Each month our editor’s pick the best books […]
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Author: Paro Anand Publisher: Scholastic About the book: This slick and ground-breaking graphic novel tells the story of a young Indian boy, Ganga, and a Swedish girl, Helga, whose destinies get tied with one another in a strange and magical way. Two is a gem on its own, which shows the perspective of two different […]
The House That Spoke
Author: Zuni Chopra Publisher: Penguin Random House India About the book: Fourteen-year-old Zoon Razdan is witty, intelligent and deeply perceptive. She also has a deep connection with magic. She was born into it. The house that she lives in is fantastical—life thrums through its wooden walls—and she can talk to everything in it, from the […]
Rasha: Little Girl, Big Heart
Author: Muhammed Zafar Iqbal Publisher: Puffin About the book: The breathtaking story of a feisty young girl Fifteen-year-old Rasha is abandoned by her mother in a village with her aged and probably mad-grandmother. Uprooted from higher school and her friends back in cosmopolitan Dhaka, a disgruntled Rasha has to start life afresh in a faraway […]
Like Smoke: A Collection
Author: Paro Anand Publisher: Penguin Books About the book: How often have you felt that you just can’t take it any more? Felt that nothing is worth the head ache, the heart ache? The good news – you are not alone. The bad news -you are not alone – for every teen carries the angst […]
What Maya Saw
Author: Shabnam Minwalla Publisher: Harper India About the book: Almost from the moment Maya steps into St Paul’s College, she is afraid. Everywhere she goes, she encounters questions and secrets. Not to mention the Shadows – a bunch of drop-dead gorgeous students who she realizes will do anything to keep their youth and beauty. Even […]
Queen of Ice
Author: Devika Rangachari Publisher: Duckbill About the book: Despised by her father and bullied by his heir, Didda’s childhood is miserable and her future, bleak. When she is married off to the dissolute ruler of Kashmira, she must learn to hold her own in a court ridden with factions and conspiracies. But Didda is no […]
The Little Ninja Sparrows
Author: Ranjit Lal Publisher: Speaking Tiger Publishing Pvt. Ltd. About the book: Chiddy and Gouri, two baby sparrows, are bullied mercilessly by their elder siblings. They are so traumatized that they absolutely refuse to learn how to fly. Instead, they run away, kindly assisted by Breaking Wind–a jovial breeze. But they quickly discover that the […]
The Boy Who Swallowed a Nail and Other Stories
Author: Lalita Iyer Publisher: Scholastic About the book: Appa is busy trying to buy a buffalo, Amma is wondering where to hang a clothesline in Dhanulti, while Cheenu has happily swallowed a nail! Lalita Iyer’s family is always up to something. Read about their quirks and adventures in this charming collection of stories.“Lalita Iyer is […]