The Badmash Badshah Presents: Dungeon Tales II
- Publisher : Scholastic India
- Publishing year : August 2021
- Binding : Paperback
- ISBN : 9789390590070
- Imprint : Scholastic
- Age Group : Young Reader
- Language : English
In a Faraway village in India, girls are forbidden to read. But when Munni finds an old and dusty book in mamaji’s ...
In a Faraway village in India, girls are forbidden to read. But when Munni finds an old and dusty book in mamaji’s shop, she can’t help opening it. She teaches herself to read and discovers a world of amazing stories—tall tales and short ones, outrageous and courageous ones, happy ones and snappy ones. Hidden in the pages are: an elephant called mausiji who can’t resist jalebis and will go to extreme lengths to get them. A professional assassin called the Terminator is skinny, timid and faints at the sight of blood. The legendary weretiger, Bagh bangali, whose smile hides a terrifying secret. A Churchill and a Vetal who end up in an argument that involves a moustache. Written at the command of his huge horribleness, the badmash Badshah, the stories help Munni to stand up for herself. She and her friends have an adventure all of their own which ends, like all good stories should—happily ever after! Highlights: an exciting new book by award-winning and bestselling author venita Coelho. Addresses issues of gender roles through humour, fantasy, adventure and mystery the writing is perfect for the 10+ age group, easy-to-read, peppered with action, comedy and drama a collection of stories within a main story, The book is unique and a must-read.
Venita Coelho is a screenwriter, novelist and artist with ten published books to her credit. She has won The Hindu Goodreads Award for Best Fiction for children twice, in 2016 for Dead as a Dodo and in 2019 for Boy No. 32. Her collection of feminist ghost stories, The Washer of the Dead, was longlisted for the Frank O’Connor award.
She lives in Goa where she runs an alternative school called The Path Shaala. She is working towards her second exhibition of paintings.
