What Maya saw: A Tale of Shadows, Secrets, Clues - Softcover

Shabnam Winwalla

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9352774698 ISBN 13: 9789352774692

Publisher: HarperCollins India, 2017

Synopsis

Almost from the moment Maya steps into St Paul s College, she is afraid. Everywhere she goes, she encounters questions and secrets. Not to mention the Shadows a bunch of drop-dead gorgeous students who she realises will do anything to keep their youth and beauty. Even kill. Maya wants no part in this sinister adventure. She would much rather be shopping for shoes, munching brownies and shedding her geeky image. But the teenager soon finds that she doesn t have a choice. Only Maya can see the Shadows for what they really are. Only she can unravel the trail of clues laid long ago by a dead priest. Which is why both the forces of good and evil need her so badly. Unsure about whom she can trust and believe, Maya launches into a clue hunt across Mumbai and in that process, learns about love, friendship and growing up.

About this title

About the Author

Shabnam Minwalla has spent most of her life with words editing her school magazine, working as a journalist with the Times of India and writing nonfiction. Her first book, The Six Spellmakers of Dorabji Street, was critically acclaimed and a hit with children. It also won the Rivokids Parents and Kids Choice Awards. Her second book, The Strange Haunting of Model High School, is an adventure story set in a Mumbai school and has been published by Scholastic. The Shy Supergirl and Lucky Girl, both published by Duckbill, are popular with young readers. Shabnam got her MA in Journalism at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. She was also a Chevening Scholar at Wolfson College in Cambridge.

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins India
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9352774698
• ISBN 13: 9789352774692
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360