A young boy named Akash loses his Bapu (father). Then,
Akash's Daddima (grandmother, father's side) orders him to
go work for the land owner to pay off his family's debts,
but Akash realizes that the amount of work he does is
unimportant, because he will never be able to earn enough
money. Akash escapes to Delphi to seek an education.
There, he learns to live as an orphan at the train
station. Through a series of lucky events, Akash finds
that soon, he will be living out his dream- attending a
city boy's school
I did not really like this book because although it did
have an adventurous plot, it just did not seem like my
kind of plot. It was a common 12-year old, living out
ordinary events, such as sleeping on rooftops, selling
drugs, ect. Also, although I understood how the end was -
well, an end, it just sort of dropped off suddenly. I
think if there were an epilogue it would be better, but
this book would do best in a three or four book series.
Reviewer Age:13
Reviewer City, State and Country:
Santa Fe, TX USA
