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Varsha Seshan

Top Six Young Adult Books I Read in 2020

January 5, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I’ve already shared two lists of books, but I think it’s important to say – again – that reading levels differ widely, and in multiple ways. For instance, I know that as a child, my linguistic level (in English) was higher than that of some of my peers, but I often read books for children […]

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Broken Soup

February 25, 2020 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Book cover Text: Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize Jenny Valentine Broken Soup Negative. Positive. It's how you look at it. Image: design of an envelope with doodling all over and stamps on the top left of the book

Unlike most other books that I pick up, the cover of Broken Soup did not attract me. But I’ve read and loved two other books by Jenny Valentine (The Ant Colony and Fire Colour One), so I borrowed this one – and, once more, I loved how the story was told. Rowan’s family falls apart when her brother Jack dies. […]

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The Ant Colony

January 16, 2013 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Books that I’ve loved and re-read time and time again have nearly always emphasised character over plot. Take, for example, Anne, Emily, Little Lord Fauntleroy and the little princess. There’s something about character that just warms me, perhaps because it’s like discovering a friend, rather than having an experience. Stories with exciting plots are certainly […]

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