Rusty the Boy from the Hills

<p>Rusty is a quiet imaginative and sensitive boy who lives with his grandparents in pre-Independence Dehra Dun. Though he is not the adventurous himself the strangest and most extraordinary things keep happening around him.</p><p> The house in Dehra is full of strange creatures. Rusty has to deal with everything from his grandfather's pet python to the ever-inventive Uncle Ken. Visiting his father in wartime Java Rusty narrowly escapes enemy bombardment and survives a plane crash in the Arabian Sea. Back in India he spends his time encountering a ghost in the garden and recreating his grandmother's youthful days from an old photograph. Then something totally unexpected happens and Rusty is forced to leave<br> Dehra his future uncertain ...</p><p> This volume of Rusty stories the first in a series traces Rusty's development from early childhood to his early teens and is a riveting read for younger and older children alike.</p>