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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 […]

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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), […]

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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 […]

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