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Aakangshita Dutta
THE GREAT ESCAPE by Menaka Raman Duckbill, An Imprint of Penguin Random House, 2022, 74 pp., 199.00
November 2022, volume 46, No 11

This is a story about Sachit, a boy studying in Class III who joins the Wunderkind Academy and has recently shifted to the city of Bangalore and his adjustment perils thereon.

In Sachit’s mind, escaping this new school seems like the opportunity for adventure and a gateway to freedom. Freedom from unfamiliar classmates, a large school with maze like zones and blocks, and possibly a way to be back in the more relaxed days of his school in Mumbai.

Interestingly this is a plan that is hatched in the school bathroom when Sachit befriends Hari and Kris.

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