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Title: Tell The Wolves I’m Home
Author: Carol Rifka Brunt
Publisher: Pan
ISBN: 978-1447202134
Genre: Literary Fiction
Pages: 400
Source: Publisher
Rating: 5/5
“Tell the Wolves I’m Home” by Carol Rifka Brunt cannot be classified as a Young Adult novel. It is not that for sure. It is haunting and adult in more ways than one. It is a beautiful human story that I was expecting on reading the synopsis and it delivers at every level.
The premise is simple: Fourteen-year old June Elbus loses her beloved uncle Finn Weiss…

Leela Gour Broome completely impressed me with her very first book – Flute In The Forest (reviewed here) and it was a dream come true when she contacted me after having read the review of the book here.

She gladly accepted the offer to be interviewed so that the readers get to know more about her and her experience of being an author.

Is the story of ‘Flute in the Forest’ purely fictional or is it inspired by some real life characters, incidents or experiences?

Flute in the Forest is…

Geronimo Stilton, the editor of “The rodent’s gazatte” newspaper in New Mouse City likes a rather quiet and organized lifestyle. But he wasn’t given any choice when he was whisked into an adventure by his little sister Thea to find the Lost Treasure Of The Emerald Eye. They of course couldn’t go of alone into the fierce waters. They needed an expert sailor to accompany them to the treasure island. And join them he did,their pleasantly plump cousin Thrash who exasperated poor Gerrykins through every inch of their journey. Fortunately…

Title : A Beautiful Lie
Author : Irfan Master
Publisher : Bloomsbury
ISBN : 978-1-4088-0575-6

When I read the review of this book on SaffronTree, I knew I have to read this book very soon. Being born in a family where the bedtime stories ranged from mythology, highlighting the glorious past of India, the freedom struggle, to the first hand experience of the turmoil of partition, it was inevitable to harbour a deep desire to know more about that time and the incidents which led to the unfortunate time of…

Title : Flute in the Forest
Author : Leela Gour Broome
Publisher : Puffin
Age Group : 12+

There are some rare books which stir some chords deep inside the heart and after reading such books, I just sigh and wish I could also write something so beautiful, something so pristine and something so soul stirring. Oh well, atleast I am writing about one here.

‘Flute in the Forest’ is one of the most sensitively written stories of a thirteen-year-old girl – Atiya Sardare, the only child of her estranged…

I ordered this book for my sister(a teen), as she was fascinated by the title ‘Skunk Girl’. Well, she read it and kept on saying me that this book rocks. It made me curious and I thought of reading it too. So, here I am writing the review of ‘Skunk Girl’.
Let me start with the basic idea of story.Nina Khan is a sixteen year old Pakistani girl who was born and brought up in Deer Hook. Coming from conservative Pakistani family, she has many restrictions. No sleepovers, no parties,…

Title : Journals of the Big Mouth Bass
Author : Debbie Sue Bass Williamson
Publisher : Souper Publishing
ISBN : 978-0-9801234-1-8

Debbie receives a journal from her mother as birthday present and this particular present catches her fancy more than anything else. She is a girl who is well aware of her incapability of keeping secrets to herself and this nature of hers has already earned her the title ‘Big Mouth Bass’. So the journal functions as the perfect rescuer for her – a perfect place to pour out her…

Book Review: Matched by Ally Condie
Cassia Reyes lives in the a world of perfection. Everyone enjoys long lives, has the perfect job suited to them and the ideal mate, all of which is orchestrated by the Society.
Cassia is excited for her matching day which falls right on her 17th birthday. She is surprised, but happy when her childhood friend, Xander, is selected as her perfect match. She wants to do the right thing and fit into her place in the Society. She is later confused when she sees…

Seventeen-year-old Bianca Piper is cynical and loyal, and she doesn’t think she’s the prettiest of her friends by a long shot. She’s also way too smart to fall for the charms of man-slut and slimy school hottie Wesley Rush. In fact, Bianca hates him. And when he nicknames her “Duffy,” she throws her Coke in his face. But things aren’t so great at home right now. Desperate for a distraction, Bianca ends up kissing Wesley. And likes it. Eager for escape, she throws herself into a closeted enemies-with-benefits relationship with…

Luke has never been to school. He’s never had a birthday party, or gone to a friend’s house for an overnight. In fact, Luke has never had a friend. Luke is one of the shadow children, a third child forbidden by the Population Police. He’s lived his entire life in hiding, and now, with a new housing development replacing the woods next to his family’s farm, he is no longer even allowed to go outside. Then, one day Luke sees a girl’s face in the window of a house where…