Young Adults – Fiction
By Mrinal Kalita. Translated from the original Assamese by Partha Pratim Goswami
Under the Bakul Tree is a heartwarming coming-of-age tale. It celebrates friendship, hope and determination as it unravels the devastating effects of poverty and of an education system that has failed the students who are at the lowest rung of the social order.
Written by Satoshi Yagisawa. Translated from the Japanese by Eric Ozawa
he Saveur coffee shop becomes another milestone in this bildungsroman novella, as Takako makes new friends and literally wakes up to smell the coffee and is soon ready to face the world again. Her days at the Morisaki Bookshop become what Satoru had hoped
By Hans Sande. Translated from the original Norwegian by Marietta Taralrud Maddrell. Series Editor: Teji Grover. Illustrations by Per Dylovig
The email communication begins with the calf escaping from the farm and declaring:‘Sinister things are happening here on the farm, but nobody talks about them. I dare not stay here any longer. Dare not wait and see what is going to happen to me. I don’t want to disappear suddenly. Love from me