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Varsha Seshan

Where the Heart Should Be

May 10, 2024 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I love historical fiction, and I love novels in verse. And I love Sarah Crossan’s books. When all three come together, the chances of my not liking the book are […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: books for tweens, novel in verse, reading, review, Sarah Crossan, Where the Heart Should Be, Young Adult

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 […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Broken Soup, Elizabeth Laird, Half Brother, Jenny Valentine, Kenneth Oppel, Moonrise, Nomads Land, Paro Anand, reading, reviews, Sarah Crossan, The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling, Wai Chim, Welcome to Nowhere

Moonrise

October 16, 2020 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Book cover Text: 'Any reader with a heart will weep buckets' Sunday Tomes Moonrise Carnegie Medal Winner Sarah Crossan Bloomsbury Image: Illustration of a crescent moon in a hand-drawn cage.

I’ve been so busy working with my online creative writing programme that I simply haven’t had the time to write about all the books I’ve been reading. Two of them […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Moonrise, reading, review, Sarah Crossan, Young Adult

Catching Up: MG and YA Books

September 19, 2019 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

So many wonderful, wonderful books and so little time! Here are a few middle-grade and young adult books I read in the last couple of months. Gorilla Dawn I know […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Anushka Ravishankar, Apple and Rain, Bikram Ghosh, Gill Lewis, Gorilla Dawn, Julia Golding, Katarina Genar, Martin Widmark, Pam Munoz Ryan, reading, review, Sally Nicholls, Sarah Crossan, Shadow Girl, The Sherlock Holmes Connection, Wolf Cry

Seven Fictional Teachers I Love

September 5, 2019 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

It’s Teachers’ Day – the day when every teacher goes home with a mountain of cards. As a writer and teacher, how can I not celebrate all the fictional teachers […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Apple and Rain, Dara Palmer's Major Drama, Dear Mrs. Naidu, Emily of New Moon, Emma Shevah, Enid Blyton, harry potter, J K Rowling, L M Montgomery, Malory Towers, Mathangi Subramanian, Matilda, Roald Dahl, Sarah Crossan

One

April 11, 2019 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Every so often, you come across a book that brings life around you to a standstill. It makes you stop and feel more than you think you are capable of […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: One, reading, review, Sarah Crossan