Escape from Java (R/J)

Join intrepid heroes and dauntless heroines in their quest for survival against earthquakes fire floods and bombs! Live life on the edge with five stories of danger and adventure. Flee with Romi as he rides his cycle straight into the river to get away from a fearsome forest fire listen in to Ruth's hair-raising story of escape from rioting sepoys during the uprising of 1857 read about the author's miraculous flight from Java as Japanese planes bombard the city witness the havoc wreaked by the deadliest earthquake ever in Rakesh's town Shillong and watch Sita combat a fatal flood. Written in Ruskin Bond's inimitable style with doses of humour and excitement these extraordinary stories are simply unputdownable. About the Author Ruskin Bond born in Kasauli in 1934 grew up in Jamnagar Dehradun New Delhi and Shimla. His first novel The Room on the Roof which was written when he was seventeen received the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. Since then he has written over 500 short stories essays and novellas (including Vagrants in the Valley and A Flight of Pigeons) and more than forty books for children. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award for English writing in India in 1992 the Padma Shri in 1999 the Delhi government's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 and Padma Bhushan in 2014 for his contribution to literature.Ruskin lives in Landour Mussoorie with his extended family.