January 2001: A twelve-year-old boy is found under a pile of rubble after the devastating earthquake in Bhuj. Miraculously, he’s still alive. But he doesn’t remember anything—not even his name. Binna—the boy with no name—is slowly recuperating in a hospital, when he overhears he’s going to be transferred to an orphanage. Terrified at the thought, Binna runs away to Mumbai,…
‘Thirteen-year-old Atiya will win the hearts of young readers. Although physically handicapped; her adventurous spirit takes her on lonely rambles into the wildlife sanctuary. She knows the ways of the jungle and its creatures great and small. A charming story; full of incident and good feeling. Atiya’s flute has a special magic of its own.’-Ruskin Bond Atiya Sardare lives with…
Our Tigers Return - A delightful storybook for children and adult nature lovers. “The crux of the book— Panna’s revival — is explained in the title. After a brief overview of Panna Tiger Reserve, and the shameful extinction of tigers here in 2009, the book centres on the tremendous task of reintroducing tigers to Panna.
Identical!’ Veer and Arzaan look uncannily similar but they could not have been more different. At a chance meeting that might have been fated all along, the two twelve-year-olds are stunned by their own resemblance! As they exchange stories, their friendship rapidly deepens over pooping messenger pigeons that one can call with a special whistle, and Dada’s kites dancing in…
Teenagers Myna and her friend Jehan are on vacation on Anaishola, a remote and semi-abandoned tea plantation in High Wavy’s, South India, where they stumble upon a series of mysterious discoveries-‘Evil spirits are around, ‘ says Myna’s wise old gardener. An intriguing diarist, who lived half a century earlier, seems to follow the protagonists through their holiday with descriptions of…
