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Ghost Of Malabar SHORTLISTED FOR THE ATTA GALATTA CHILDREN’S FICTION BOOK PRIZE 2022
By Soumya Ayer
₹ 350.00 inclusive of all taxes
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About the book
A spooky tale…
set in Fort Kochi, once a seaside town with a long colonial history!
Twelve-year-old Edwin blames his father, a wayward fisherman for everything rotten in his life. But when he encounters Velu his life is catapulted from rotten to outright chaotic. Velu is chatty. Velu is annoying. Velu is a ghost. The ghost of a fisherman who was slaughtered five hundred years ago by Kapitan Vasca da Gama.
Velu soon spirits himself into Edwin’s life … he follows him to school, accosts him at home, always appearing at the most unwelcome moments. Edwin tries everything to get rid of him, including rubbing garlic on himself. But Velu can’t be shaken off until the day Edwin banishes him from his life …
In the events that follow, Edwin discovers that Velu has actually helped heal his family in ways he had never imagined possible. But by this time, Velu is gone!
Will Edwin find Velu again and will Velu finally find rest after five hundred years of haunting the seaside town? Read this delightfully written and charmingly illustrated book to find out …
Pages: 204
Available in: Paperback
Language: English
Soumya Ayer
Soumya Ayer is captivated by the stories that objects tell, whether they are sculptures, ceramics, shadow puppets or textiles – objects that carry stories of a time, a place, and a people long gone but who still shape our world. She is a published author of a series of books on Indian mythology for children. The Ghost of Malabar is her foray into fiction for children, weaving together her interests in the history of objects and storytelling.