The Case of the Secretive Sister by Nilanjan P. Choudhury,Niyogi Books, Rs. 195
Mr. Chatterjee, founder of the Chatterjee Institute of Detection and crime fighter for the common man faces the most unusual case of his career! He has to get Pinky Chaddha admitted into Bangalore’s snootiest school. But this seemingly innocuous assignment bristles with danger at every step, for the school’s headmistress is a Machiavellian adversary!
Whispers From Under the Bed by Anjana Vaswani, Mango, Rs. 125
After a lot of tossing and turning, Anjana crept out of bed and caught the monster under her bed. She caught it by its feet, dragged him out and sat him down to say, “Hey, you wouldn’t happen to know any bedtime stories, would you?” Happily, it turned out, he did!
Ambushed by Nayanika Mahtani, Puffin, Rs. 199
Gadget geek Tara braces herself for the dullest summer ever when her father whisks her off to a sleepy, tiger reserve in the Himalayan foothills, where nothing ever happens. But a stroll through the woods send Tara on an adventure of a lifetime.
Ranji’s Wonderful Bat and Other Stories by Ruskin Bond, Puffin, Rs 199
From Koki’s prize-winning, day-saving catch to Ranji’s extraordinary bat, from a thrilling race between two beetles to a crocodile with an appetite for balls, this collection of sports stories is packed with fun.
