Time Racers

Thirteen-year-old pratik pallavanathan aka pp’s easy life in dubai takes a horrendous turn when during a holiday in India his redoubtable grandmother insists on a trip to their long-forgotten ancestral village. Cooped up in a rambling house with on-off electricity no internet and annoying relatives PP feels like he’s losing his mind. And then the hallucinations begin.In a series of bizarre events he sees a phantom in his room the family’s pet cow acts weird in his presence - and a dilapidated corridor leads him to a strange land straight to his hallucinations. A flabbergasted PP realizes he has time-travelled to 1920 and the hallucinatory phantom is his own ancestor of the time Simha. PP realizes that he has a connection with simha.Can PP ward off the catastrophe that’s approaching simha? and can he help realize Simha’s dream?A Children’s Bookshelf Selection Each month our editor’s pick the best books for children and young adults by age to be a part of the children’s bookshelf. These are editorial recommendations made by our team of experts. Our monthly reading list includes a mix of bestsellers and top new releases and evergreen books that will help enhance a child’s reading life. About the Author Gayathri ponvannan is a network engineer and writer. she won disney’s ‘pitchkiaow’ contest and subsequently developed a historical children’s novel in collaboration with them. gayathri lives in dubai with her husband and two sons who provide much of the inspiration for her literary characters.