Juneli's First Term

Juneli #1

by Swapna Dutta

For twelve-year old Juneli, going to school is a dream come true! But school life is not smooth sailing as she finds out soon enough.

Genres: School Stories

108 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

A prolific children's author from India, Swapna Dutta has been publishing stories in newspapers and magazine for four decades, and has written many books for young readers, in a variety of genres. She was awarded a National Fellowship for literature by the Ministry of Human Resources in 1986, and a National Award for creative writing in Hindi by the Central Hindi Directorate in 1993. She has also received a number of Children's Book Trust Awards for short story, one-act-play and picture books (in English, Hindi and Bengali).

-From: Bolo Kids

Reviews

[Lady_bercilak · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable school story set in India - I liked the Indian dimension to the story, and the characters were lovely.