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While I was in the United States, the NEEV Committee sent me these shortlisted titles for jury deliberation for the Neev Book Award 2021. Here they are!

Shortlisted Titles for Junior Readers

(1) Young Pandavas: The City Of Elephants by Anupam Arunachalam (Amazon | Book Depository)

(2) The Torchbearers by A. B. Majmudar (Amazon)

(3) The Adventures Of The Kohinoor by William Dalrymple and Anita Anand with Devika Cariapa (Amazon | Book Depository)

(4) No Nonsense Nandhini by Aparna Karthikeyan (Amazon | Book Depository)

(5) The Piano by Nandita Basu (Amazon | Book Depository)

(6) Journey To The Forbidden City by Deepa Agarwal (Amazon | Book Depository)

Shortlisted Titles for Young Adult

(7) Nomad’s Land by Paro Anand (Amazon | Book Depository)

(8) Gravepyres School For The Recently Deceased by Anita Roy (Amazon | Book Depository)

(9) Oonga by Devashish Makhija (Amazon)

(10) Queen Of Earth by Devika Rangachari (Amazon | Book Depository)

(11) The Secret Life Of Debbie G. by Vibha Batra and Kalyani Ganapathy (Amazon | Book Depository)

(12) The Teenage Diary of Razia Sultan by Anitha Murthy (Amazon)

How about you? What were the books that found their way into your bookshelves recently?

August 15, 2021 at 06:31AM Myra Garces-Bacsal