The Book Mine: Rajula And The Web Of Danger
- Publisher : Hachette India
- Publishing year : January 2012
- Binding : Paperback
- ISBN : 9789350093313
- Imprint : Hachette India
- Age Group : Young Reader
- Language : English
One night, fifteen-year-old Rajula's carefree life in the green hills of Kumaon is changed forever. A mysterious man beg ...
One night, fifteen-year-old Rajula's carefree life in the green hills of Kumaon is changed forever. A mysterious man begins to haunt her dreams, and he turns out to be no other than the ruler of Katyur, King Malushahi! The problem is her father: the formidable sorcercer Sunapati Shauka. He has promised her hand to a Tibetan chieftain and now weaves a web of deceit and danger between Rajula and Malushahi. When Rajula learns that Malushahi and she had been sworn in marriage by their mothers much before, she follows her heart and her fate on a perilous journey to the Katyuri capital, Bairath. Despite her mother's magical spells, she has to use all her courage and wits to battle the odds she faces. And for Malushahi winning, her hand poses a death-defying challenge. The epic tale of Rajula's bravery and Malushahi's steadfastness has been sung by bards in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand for centuries, and is retold here for the first time in English. Packed with magic, humour and fascinating characters, it takes you on a thrilling adventure through the lower reaches of Kumaon to the snowy wastes of Tibet
Author, poet and translator, Deepa Agarwal has written about fifty books in English and Hindi, mostly for children. She has received many prestigious awards including N.C.E.R.T. National Award For Children’s Literature. Her historical adventure novel, Caravan to Tibet, was selected for the IBBY (International Board On Books For Young People) Honour List 2008 from India and like some of her earlier titles, was listed in the White Raven Catalogue of the International Youth Library, Munich. Her work has appeared in Japanese, Chinese and Korean as well as sixteen Indian languages.