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When the World Went Dark

January 3, 2024 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I read When the World Went Dark one year after our first lockdown.  And I wondered about including it at my book club. Grief is deeply personal. No one feels the […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: book club, books for ages nine and ten, creative writing, Jane de Suza, online reading programme, reading, When the World Went Dark

My Favourite Middle-Grade Books from 2021

January 10, 2022 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I didn’t read as many middle-grade books as usual in 2021, something I hope to remedy in 2022. Of those that I read, however, these six stood out. The first […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: Ahimsa, Deepak Dalal, Jane de Suza, middle-grade, Neha and the Nose, Pinkoo Shergill Pastry Chef, reading, review, Ruchika Chanana, Stuti Agarwal, Supriya Kelkar, The Golden Eagle, The Very Glum Life of Tootoolu Toop, Vibha Batra, When the World Went Dark

When the World Went Dark

March 27, 2021 by Varsha Seshan 2 Comments

I was fortunate that I didn’t have to deal with death when I was a child. Yet, I was terrified of people dying. My father remembers a day when I […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: Jane de Suza, Middle-Grade Fiction, reading, review, When the World Went Dark