Flames in the Forest

by Ruskin Bond, Valerie Littlewood

Despite the threat of a forest fire, Romi decides to ride his bike home in order to deliver some medicine for his father

44 pages, Library Binding

First published April 1, 1981

About the author

Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of British descent. He is considered to be an icon among Indian writers and children's authors and a top novelist. He wrote his first novel, The Room on the Roof, when he was seventeen which won John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. Since then he has written several novellas, over 500 short stories, as well as various essays and poems, all of which have established him as one of the best-loved and most admired chroniclers of contemporary India. In 1992 he received the Sahitya Akademi award for English writing, for his short stories collection, "Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra", by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters in India. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 for contributions to children's literature. He now lives with his adopted family in Landour near Mussoorie.

Reviews

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" In Flames in the Forest two boys in India race to escape from a forest fire. The story builds well and there is an exciting climax. " - Books for Keeps, March 1981