Almost Sixteen

Fifteen-year-old Ashwin has recently moved to a new city to live with his aunt and uncle. His parents―researchers away on an expedition to Antarctica―have left him no choice but to join a new school and embark on the dreariest task of all: making new friends.However his bumbling attempts to fit in end in catastrophe earning him ridicule and social isolation. That is until he meets Avnoor a poised and magnetic classmate who seems utterly out of reach. Hopelessly smitten Ashwin becomes determined to win her affection no matter the cost.In this brand new coming-of-age novel Almost Sixteen Arsh Verma leads us on a bittersweet and irreverent journey through first love fragile friendships and the messy often hilarious trials and tribulations of adolescence.