The breathtaking story of a feisty young girl Fifteen-year-old Rasha is abandoned by her mother in a village with her aged-and probably mad-grandmother. Uprooted from h er school and her friends back in cosmopolitan Dhaka, a disgruntled Rasha has to start life afresh in a faraway place with no electricity, incessant rains, nosy neighbours and a primitive school. Refusing to resign to the circumstances, Rasha rises against them and turns indomitable. Exposing a bullying teacher, nipping a child marriage in the bud, learning to take a boat to school and teaching her classmates how to use computers-these are only a few of this young girl's incredible exploits! But just as Rasha settles into her new life, new friends in tow, she is confronted by a nightmarish past that once ravaged her family. Will Rasha survive this daunting, and astounding, adventure?
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Muhammed Zafar Iqbal is the best-known writer of science-fiction and of children's books fom Bangladesh. Hi books have earned him numerous awards, including the prestigeous national Bangla Academy Award.
This was my first read by the author and I would say i am certainly not disappointed. This book opened a window to bangladesh through adventures of Rasha. I loved the story and plot. A beautiful YA