12-year-old city boy Avi just got dumped at a crumbling mansion in rural India while his parents are away on a medical missionβ¦
No Wi-Fi. No cell signal. No company besides a grandfather he barely knows and his sinister servant. The only glimmer of excitement on the horizon is when an astrologer at the local fair predicts Avi is about to die a horrible death.
Of course, thatβs just superstitious nonsense. But when the astrologerβs dire predictions start to come true one by one, Avi fears his time may be running out. He's too young to die! Can he trust mysterious town outcast, Lalita, to help solve the mystery of the ominous prophecies before his own untimely death?
Eerie Tales from the East brings you scary stories from around the world with a contemporary twist. Each story in the series can be read as a standalone and highlights a myth, superstition, or ghost story from an Asian country, set amidst the complexities of the modern world. Ordinary characters must rise to extraordinary challenges or risk losing the ones they love in these chilling and fast-paced novels with heart, for 8-12+ year olds.
About the Author
Mahtab Narsimhan is the author of several critically acclaimed books, including Silver Birch Award winner The Third Eye. Her novel The Tiffin was nominated for numerous awards in Canada and was recently published in the United Kingdom and Taiwan. She is inspired by the desire to make sense of the world through stories and is deeply committed to representing diversity in her books. Mahtab is a native of Mumbai, India, and lives in Toronto, Canada.
Visit her online at MahtabNarsimhan.com.