This book is titled Beautiful Leela and is about a girl named Leela, who is around 12–13 years old. Leela feels insecure about her skin colour and is afraid to be seen. She doesn’t talk to many of her classmates and mostly keeps to herself except when she is with Aisha and Keshav, her two best friends.
The story follows the endlessly curious (and wonderfully mischievous twins) Zain and Ana. Ana desperately wants a pet dog, but instead her parents bring home… three fish!
The year is 1978. Jenny from Palakkad becomes pen pals with Teesta in Bombay. The girls brainstorm ways to contribute to the conservation of key ecosystems.
The story follows the Under-13 Maulsari Eagles football team as they navigate corruption, age fraud, and personal struggles to compete in the District Cup after a two-year pandemic gap.
Pallavi, a twelve year old girl from Mamallapuram of the Pallava empire, is one of the few privileged ones who gets to attend the classes held at the royal library since her father works in the king’s court. However, things take a different turn when her father loses his job due to alcoholism and is sent away by the king to a Buddhist monastery for penance.
Battle of the Minds by Mamta Nainy is a perfect book to introduce the young curious minds to the world of chess. What can be more inspiring than to know about the legend himself?
