The Misfits

A hilarious, heart-warming novel from a brilliant new children’s writer.

The last place Chloe Jones wants to be is in Class Five of Premium Academy, New Delhi. That is, until a strange new girl shows up, another kid who doesn’t blend in. Divided by background, class, language, skin colour – you name it – Chloe and Lakshmi soon realise they have a lot more in common than meets the eye. With a little help from Chloe’s crazy mom, her prefect-perfect sister and a street dog called Kali, they discover that even a couple of misfits can change the world!

• Tackles some profound emotional issues – homesickness, not fitting in, finding (and losing) friends, family, social injustice/prejudice, popularity.

• First ever Indian kids’ book to deal directly with the Right to Education Act and inclusion of children from economically weaker section into mainstream/private schools.

• Questions and information on RTE at the back make this the perfect book for initiating classroom discussion.