Ajay and the Mumbai Sun by Varsha Shah

A high-stakes adventure full of heart and the power of words to create change
in modern day Mumbai, from debut author Varsha Shah, winner of the
Times/Chicken House competition.
Abandoned on the Mumbai railways, Ajay has grown up with nothing but a
burning wish to be a journalist. And after finding an abandoned printing press, his
dreams might just come true. But when he and his friends Saif, Vinod, Yasmin and
Jai create their own newspaper, The Mumbai Sun, and begin to hunt down stories
to fill their pages, the children uncover a plan to tear down their slum—which will
leave hundreds of more people homeless.
Can Ajay and his friends really succeed in bringing the truth to light against some
of the most powerful forces in the city, fight for justice, and save their slum from
bulldozers?

Varsha Shah has had nonfiction articles published in Legal Week, Legal Week
Global, economia, Harper’s Bazaar, and the Times Education Supplement. A former
Solicitor, she is now an English Language and Literature teacher. She has also
taught English as a foreign language in Japan and Canada, and often draws on her
travels in her writing.

9781338875461
English
208 pages
Chicken House