FORTY PEAKS
Ingress into adventure land
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“We have an audience.” Leena commented as she looked up into the trees. A huge number of Puma monkeys were sitting in the trees, their eyes fixed on the three kids.
“I did not notice them.” Naina said dejectedly.
“Nor did I; we were too busy doing the task at hand to look anywhere else.” Leena said.
“That was important and needed all out attention and energy. But the bottom line is we did fail to notice their arrival. It seems they have been watching us for quite some time.” Neil commented.
Leena squatted on the ground. “Can we rest for a while and have some food?”
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About the Book
Seven year old Leena runs away from her Uncle and Aunt’s home. Tormented by the accidental death of her parents and the uncaring attitude of her Uncle, she decides to take some control over her life.
As the Sood couple take her under their loving care and shift her to their property ‘Forty Peaks’, far away from the bustling city, Leena learns to live here - but the land has too many mysteries. As Leena starts getting herself acquainted with Forty Peaks, the adventure begins… The more she tries to understand, more adventurous become a part of her life. What more will be thrown at her? Will life become absolutely normal?
About the Author
I started telling stories to my niece and soon it became a bed-time ritual. After the birth of my daughter, the audience gradually increased. Whenever her friends saw me leisurely spending my time, someone or the other came with the demand for a story.
As my daughter Shriya has grown up, she encouraged me to seriously pursue story telling into story writing. She had read my short stories earlier and felt I should go ahead and write about one year of Leena’s life at Forty Peaks. This is to introduce the young reader’s world over to an adventure land, full of mysteries which she and her friends grew up fantasizing about.