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THE STORY SCHOOL IBD

SPEAKING TIGER BOOKS
12 / 2022
9789354473449
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Sinopsis

DeScriPtionMaymo is an orphan girl growing up in Joshi Ma?s home for children inSongarh. The day she turns eleven, Maymo discovers that she is a storytellerwith stories bubbling and frothing inside her, waiting to spew out of hermouth.When Maymo breaks the Story Law, she has to run away to escape thefearsome Story Sensors, and ends up in a strange school at the edge of aforest. In this school, no one dares tell stories and everyone eats the terriblefood cooked in the school kitchens. But slowly Maymo discovers that thereare hidden pockets of resistance. The children crave stories-as much as theywant good food-and she and a few others are determined to tell them.But can they escape the long arm of the law that wants to crush theirimagination? Can they show the rulers of the land that stories are essential andgive hope? Will the stories that connect and nourish win over narrow truths?Find out, in this funny yet deeply moving adventure tale from award-winningwriter Nandini Nayar.