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Varsha Seshan

Flyaway Boy

July 2, 2024 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

We’re going to read Flyaway Boy again at my book club! We’ve read and enjoyed When the World Went Dark by Jane de Suza twice, and I look forward to reading this one with another batch too. It’s perfect to discuss so many things – form, narrative voice, imagination, possibility … The list of ideas below just […]

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When the World Went Dark

January 3, 2024 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I read When the World Went Dark one year after our first lockdown.  And I wondered about including it at my book club. Grief is deeply personal. No one feels the way you feel. It almost feels unfair when people do. Even so, we do want to talk about our grief. Additionally, with any book, we […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: book club, books for ages nine and ten, creative writing, Jane de Suza, online reading programme, reading, When the World Went Dark

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. […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: Ahimsa, Deepak Dalal, Jane de Suza, middle-grade, Neha and the Nose, Pinkoo Shergill Pastry Chef, reading, review, Ruchika Chanana, Stuti Agarwal, Supriya Kelkar, The Golden Eagle, The Very Glum Life of Tootoolu Toop, Vibha Batra, When the World Went Dark

When the World Went Dark

March 27, 2021 by Varsha Seshan 2 Comments

I was fortunate that I didn’t have to deal with death when I was a child. Yet, I was terrified of people dying. My father remembers a day when I stood on the terrace, watching for my mother who was to return from work. My fear – when I was about ten years old – […]

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Flyaway Boy

July 5, 2020 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Book cover Text: Flyaway Boy Jane De Suza Image: Grainy picture of a boy, with scraps of brown paper covering parts of it, making the whole cover look torn and stuck together.

What an unexpected book! I’ve been meaning to read Flyaway Boy for a while, but technological problems came in the way. I bought a Kindle edition only to learn that the ebook is not compatible with my Kindle, which meant that I had to read it on my laptop. Sitting at my laptop and reading […]

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Books I Read in January 2020

January 31, 2020 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I wrote already about the three hOle books I read, as well as about The Lilliputians. But there’s so much more, as always, especially as I was travelling! Instead of doing one post per book, here’s a list of books I read and loved. Neel on Wheels Neel on Wheels is a lovely picture book written by Lavanya […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Boo! When My Sister Died, Eva Ibbotson, Gautam Benegal, Habib Ali, Jane de Suza, Lavanya Karthik, Neel on Wheels, Ninja Nani and the Bumbling Burglars, reading, review, Richa Jha, Star Struck, Subhadra Sengupta, Sumanta Dey, Super Zero and the Grumpy Ghosts, The Star of Kazan