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Interview: Padma Venkatraman

NWD interview with author Padma VenkatramanAuthor Padma Venkatraman‘s most recent novel A Time to Dance was an Honour Winner in the 2015 South Asia Book Award and was chosen for inclusion in IBBY’s 2015 Selection of Outstanding Books …

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Review: The Wordkeepers by Jash Sen

Book one in YA trilogy, The Wordkeepers, by Jash Sen (Duckbill Books, 2013)

 

The Wordkeepers
written by Jash Sen
(Duckbill Books, 2013)

 
Epic in its scope, The Wordkeepers begins with a prologue set five thousand …

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Review: Where I Belong by Tara White

Where I Belong by Tara White (Tradewind Books, 2014 (Canada)/2015 (UK and US))
Where I Belong

by Tara White
(Tradewind Books, 2014 (Canada)/2015 (US & UK))

 

Sixteen-year-old Carrie tells her story of what happened in the summer of 1990, …

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Review – Ela: The Girl Who Entered the Unknown by Sampurna Chattarji

Ela: The Girl Who Entered the Unknown, by Sampurna Chattarji (Scholastic India, 2013)

Ela: The Girl Who Entered the Unknown
by Sampurna Chattarji
(Scholastic India, 2013)

Dreams, imagination and reality all merge in novelist, poet and translator Sampurna …

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Review: Red Turban White Horse by Nandini Bajpai

Red Turban White Horse by Nandini Bajpai

Red Turban White Horse: My Sister’s Hurricane Wedding
by Nandini Bajpai
(Scholastic India, 2013)

Ages: YA

Indian-American teen Mini (Padmini) Kapoor’s busy life (new driving licence, two part-time jobs and building up …

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