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Petu Pumpkin – Tiffin Thief

posted on June 30, 2022

We've read Bookasura and Koobandhee; we're all set for yet another book by Arundhati Venkatesh - Petu Pumpkin: Tiffin Thief.Petu Pumpkin. Isn't it a fun name? And doesn't it seem apt that he would be a tiffin thief?The question is: what can his friends do about the fact that Pushkin aka Petu Pumpkin eats everyone's food? They must come up with a plan.And of course, the plan must be secret. And a secret plan requires a secret society. And a secret society must have a name, a leader, a secret meeting place and a password.Petu Pumpkin: Tiffin Thief is a fun book that I'm sure we'll enjoy at my book club. Here's what we'll do with it. Secret Societies Growing up on Secret Seven and Famous Five, I don't know how many clubs my friends and I set up. The one I remember most clearly was a club called Helpful House, whose mission was to save the world. We made … [Read more...]

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