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★★★★★
4.8
· 90 global ratings
“Malgudi Days meets Remarkably Bright Creatures.”
A luminous debut set in the sun-drenched afternoons of 1980s India - a story of a boy growing up and the colony dog who watched over everything.
Bhilai, 1989. India's steel township is a world unto itself. Ten-year-old Amit Verma has just arrived at C3 with his sister Guddi, ages 10 and 11, navigating middle school, new friendships, and a cast of neighbors.
Watching over all of it is Jackie - the colony dog, philosopher, and Chief Human Observer - who has seen enough of people to understand them better than they understand themselves.
Together, they narrate a single unforgettable year.
The Colony that read it first
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