If Savi were to make a list of things that were the absolute worst, moving to Shajarpur would be right on top. Well, right after the point about missing her father. And death. And her new school, with the most stuck-up of classmates.
Worse, she is now part of an eco club in which they make fun of her for not having enough green gyaan. And those stuck-up classmates seem to be her new friends.
Wait, what? How did that happen?
But Savi is too busy figuring out why in the world she, a certified brown thumb, is suddenly able to talk to us (her plants) and to the ginormous ficus tree, whose heartwood seems full of secrets.
Funny, thoughtful and deeply moving, this is a story of loss, climate change and the magical power of...
Ahem. Actually, why don't we just let Savi tell it now?
Bijal Vachharajani has a habit of hugging strange trees whom she meets on her travels. When not hugging trees and talking to caterpillars who live on those trees, she's either reading or writing or editing a children's book. She is the winner of the AutHer Award for the Best Children's Book in 2020.
The former editor of Time Out Bengaluru and currently a commissioning editor at Pratham Books, she has a Masters in Environment Security and Peace from the University for Peace. Part of the Abhiyan Library movement, she is now a certified climate worrier.
If Savi were to make a list of things that were the absolute worst, moving to Shajarpur would be right on top. Well, right after the point about missing her father. And death. And her new school, with the most stuck-up of classmates.
Worse, she is now part of an eco club in which they make fun of her for not having enough green gyaan. And those stuck-up classmates seem to be her new friends.
Wait, what? How did that happen?
But Savi is too busy figuring out why in the world she, a certified brown thumb, is suddenly able to talk to us (her plants) and to the ginormous ficus tree, whose heartwood seems full of secrets.
Funny, thoughtful and deeply moving, this is a story of loss, climate change and the magical power of...
Ahem. Actually, why don't we just let Savi tell it now?
Bijal Vachharajani has a habit of hugging strange trees whom she meets on her travels. When not hugging trees and talking to caterpillars who live on those trees, she's either reading or writing or editing a children's book. She is the winner of the AutHer Award for the Best Children's Book in 2020.
The former editor of Time Out Bengaluru and currently a commissioning editor at Pratham Books, she has a Masters in Environment Security and Peace from the University for Peace. Part of the Abhiyan Library movement, she is now a certified climate worrier.
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