A Hoysala Adventure is an amazing historical tale that takes us back to the year 1185 CE, during the time of the powerful Hoysala Empire in South India. The story follows a brave young girl named Devaki, who sets out on a dangerous journey to deliver an important message to the king.
Meet Paru—a smart, opinionated fifth grader who is left-handed. She has moved to a new division where she has no friends, while all her old friends are in another class. Her classmates, especially her desk mate Nina, bully her for being different.
The book has traditional tales revolving around the nine forms of Durga. It also gives information on how each Durga festival is celebrated in different parts of the country.
The story starts with Karthik, who is part of the AKA Detective Club, and who gets a really high-tech and expensive drone from his father as a ‘sorry-I-missed-your-birthday’ present.
Kai, Leo, and Sully (short for Suleikha) call themselves the Freezies — a quirky trio pushed to the fringes of their school’s social scene.
Threads that Bind celebrates sibling bonds and makes one realise that all siblings are the same wherever or whoever they are! Each story in the book begins with an incident between Lord Ganesha and Lord Karthikeya and is followed by Goddess Parvati narrating a story about two other siblings from the mythology who have been in a similar situation as the two brothers.
