A Firefly in the Dark
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Language: English
Quality: Good
Genre: Fantasy, Novel, Young Adult,
ISBN: 9789387693326
SKU: BE500454870210
Pages: 231
Description: NOTE : THERE IS A NOT IN THE BACK OF FIRST COVER BUT THE CONTENT IS IN A GOOD CONDITION T.HIS IS A MASS MARKET PAPERBACK COPY (MMPB) Sharmeen’s life is disrupted when, after an unexpected tragedy, she moves into her Nani’s rambling ancestral bungalow with her family. She hates this new life: her mother, Aliya, and Nani fight constantly; her new schoolmates bully her; and the family retainer, her loving Aziz Bhai, suddenly becomes dominating. The only place where Sharmeen finds solace is the world of Nani’s fantastical stories: tales of Jinn, shapeshifters and other dastardly creatures. But slowly, unseen forces that had lain dormant for centuries start to awaken. Sharmeen meets her own personal Jinn, the prankster Jugnu, who reveals her family’s history, a pact one of her ancestors made with the Jinn-world, and also some not-so-good news—and Sharmeen realizes that it is up to her to rescue the adults in her life…