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Varsha Seshan

October, October

August 15, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

We live in the woods and we are wild. That’s what eleven-year-old October says, over and over, about her father and her. The woman who is her mother is not like them. She isn’t wild. She left them in the forest, choosing to go closer to civilisation and live with human comforts. And October cannot […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: books for tweens, Katya Balen, Middle Grade, October October, reading, review

The Space We’re In

June 23, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Have you ever read a review that describes a book as being “full of heart”? Katya Balen’s The Space We’re In is exactly that–a book full of heart. It bursts with love and emotion, raw and authentic. And the voice? Perfect. Ten-year-old Frank sometimes resents his brother Max. Max has changed everything with his humming […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: books for tweens, Katya Balen, middle-grade, reading, review, The Space We're In