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Venita Coelho
Boy No. 32
by: Venita CoelhoIt was dark. And I was waiting to die. In the movies your whole life flashes before your eyes before you die. Guess what? Same thing happened. This great life fast forwarded through my head. Except – it wasn’t mine. Someone was inside my head’.
No one has bothered to give Battees a name. Now, as he lies trapped in the rubble of a destroyed orphanage, someone climbs into his head. Rescued, Battees discovers that he is the only one who can put a dreaded terrorist in jail. Suddenly, a lot of people want him dead. Running for his life, he plunges into the dark underbelly of Mumbai. He is sheltered by the dying Eunuch Queen, captured by the terrifying Beggar King and helped by the voice inside his head. Will he make it out alive?
Publisher: Scholastic India Pvt. Ltd
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2Indian writer Paro Anand writes the story of a young Indian boy, Ganga, and Swedish writer Orjan Persson writes of a young Swedish girl, Helga, both of who visit Goa. It is a first visit for both these teens and although they are strangers, their destinies become tied with one another in a strange and magical way. Under the sea, living the fantastical life of dolphins, they discover each other as well as themselves.
Written as two books in one, following the same sequence of events, this is a unique adventure of self-discovery – as much for the characters as their diverse creators.
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What Maya SawI am nothing, I am something,
I weigh less than breath,
Darkness destroys me and light is my death.
Who am I?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 realises will do anything to keep their youth and beauty. Even kill.
Maya wants no part in this sinister adventure. She would much rather be shopping for shoes, munching brownies and shedding her geeky image. But the teenager soon finds that she doesn’t have a choice.
Only Maya can see the Shadows for what they really are. Only she can unravel the trail of clues laid long ago by a dead priest. Which is why both the forces of good and evil need her badly.
Unsure about whom she can trust and believe. Maya launches into a clue hunt across Mumbai – and in the process learns about love, friendship and growing up.
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HatchetOn his way to visit his recently divorced father in the Canadian mountains, thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is the only survivor when the single-engine plane crashes. His body battered, his clothes in shreds, Brian must now stay alive in the boundless Canadian wilderness. More than a survival story, Hathcet is a tale of tough decisions. When all is stripped down to the barest essentials, Brian discovers some stark and simple truths: Self-pity doesn’t work. Despair doesn’t work. And if Brian is to survive physically as well as mentally, he must discover courage.
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The Inventions of Hugo CabretThe Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
2008 Caldecott Medal winner
Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks–like the gears of the clocks he keeps–with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy booth in the station, Hugo’s undercover life and his most precious secret are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message from Hugo’s dead father form the backbone of this intricate, tender, and spellbinding mystery.With 284 pages of original drawings and combining elements of picture book, graphic novel, and film, Brian Selznick breaks open the novel form to create an entirely new reading experience. Here is a stunning cinematic tour de force from a boldly innovative storyteller and artist.
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Echo2016 Newbery Honor Book
New York Times BestsellerAn impassioned, uplifting, and virtuosic tour de force from a treasured storyteller!
Lost and alone in a forbidden forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and suddenly finds himself entwined in a puzzling quest involving a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica.
Decades later, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California each, in turn, become interwoven when the very same harmonica lands in their lives. All the children face daunting challenges: rescuing a father, protecting a brother, holding a family together. And ultimately, pulled by the invisible thread of destiny, their suspenseful solo stories converge in an orchestral crescendo.
Richly imagined and masterfully crafted, Echo pushes the boundaries of genre, form, and storytelling innovation to create a wholly original novel that will resound in your heart long after the last note has been struck.
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