Coming Home – Priti David

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What if we started our own school?

Eleven-year-old Selv’a home is a valley with swaying palms, fertile farms and freshwater pools-it’s paradise. But if he and his friends want to study further, they’ll have to trek through the forest to the government school. Selva is worried he will be forced to give up studies and migrate in a few years, just like all the older children from the region, including his big brother Subbu. He doesn’t want to leave and find work far-off mills and factories – so he asks a simple question. ” What if we started our own school?”