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My Favourite Middle-Grade Books from 2021

January 10, 2022 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I didn’t read as many middle-grade books as usual in 2021, something I hope to remedy in 2022. Of those that I read, however, these six stood out. The first two are early middle-grade books, while the other four are for more advanced readers. Roughly, I would set the age-group for all six as 9-12. […]

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Ahimsa

January 18, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Ahimsa has been on my TBR list for a long time and finally, it was my first read of 2021. What a lovely, lovely book. When I started reading it, I was a little puzzled. We’ve studied about the independence struggle several times in school. We know about Gandhi, his fasts, the swadeshi and boycott […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Ahimsa, Middle Grade Book, reading, review, Supriya Kelkar