Saira Zariwala is Afraid by Shabnam Minwalla. Published in 2021 by HarperCollins Children’s Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, A-75, Sector 57, Noida, 201301; website: www.harpercollins.co.in. Pp: 352. Price: Rs 299.
Shabnam Minwalla’s (pictured) Saira Zariwala is Afraid is a fast paced novel full of suspense. She certainly knows how to keep the reader engaged by creating a sinister world, yet an everyday world we are familiar with.
The need for young people to own and use a cell phone is ubiquitous. One little realizes the danger that this could result in. Saira Zariwala feels deprived as she is one of......