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12-year-old city boy Avi just got dumped at a crumbling mansion in rural India while his parents are away on a medical mission. No Wi-Fi. No cell signal. No company besides a grandfather he barely knows and his sinister servant. The only glimmer of excitement on the horizon is when an astrologer at the local fair predicts Avi is about to die a horrible death. Of course, that's just superstitious nonsense. But when the astrologer's dire predictions start to come true one by one, Avi fears his time may be running out. He's too young to die! Can he trust mysterious town outcast, Lalita, to help solve the mystery of the ominous prophecies before his own untimely death? Eerie Tales from the East brings you scary stories from around the world. Each story in the series can be read as a standalone and highlights a myth, superstition, or ghost story from an Asian country, set in a contemporary world. Ordinary characters must rise to extraordinary challenges or risk losing the ones they love.
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1 primary bookEerie Tales from the East is a 1-book series first released in 2022 with contributions by Mahtab Narsimhan.
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I don't typically read children's books but I took a workshop from Mahtab Narsimhan this past year and was curious about her writing style. I was impressed by her ability to keep me engaged chapter after chapter.
Avi, a young boy with an allergy to wasps, encounters an astrologer who tells him “I see grave danger in your aura.” And so the suspense begins. What will happen to Avi? Is the astrologer right? Following this opening, we find Avi in one danger after the other. What he believes to be true is challenged every step of the way. What I found particularly intriguing was a look into Indian culture, particularly the smells, food, and its caste system. Highly recommended.