CHILDREN OF THE HIDDEN LAND

<p>Description</p><p>Fifteen-year-old April lives in Imphal valley and has grown up learning to save</p><p>herself from tear-gas shells and hearing stories about children disappearing.</p><p>But when her best friend Henthoiba goes missing she is determined to find</p><p>him. April finds an unlikely ally in Shalini Gupta her new schoolmate and the</p><p>daughter of an army man recently posted in Imphal. With no real leads except</p><p>for a bag with some of Henthoiba's belongings and sharp deduction and</p><p>combat skills the two set out to find him.</p><p>As they get sucked into the investigation they stumble upon a dangerous</p><p>unknown world-where children disappear and are trafficked and trained to</p><p>be soldiers. A world where drugs arms and gold are peddled across borders.</p><p>Was Henthoiba abducted because he knew too much about this world? What</p><p>awaits Shalini and April at the floating island on Loktak Lake where Henthoiba</p><p>was last seen?</p><p>Unflinching tender and action-packed Children of the Hidden Land is a story</p><p>about two girls who overcome their prejudices to question their existing ideas</p><p>about nation friendship and ambition. Above all it is a story of hope and</p><p>courage.</p><p><br></p>