Friendship and adventure
NIMI KURIAN
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An enchanting story of enduring friendship.
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The Hidden Pool is Ruskin Bond's first novel for children. And now, Puffin Books brings it out again in a new avatar. Revamped and repackaged, the story is as timeless as ever before.
An English boy, Laurie, moves to a small hill town with his parents. He makes two friends. Anil is the son of a local cloth merchant and Kamal is an orphan, having lost his parents during the Partition. Kamal sells buttons and shoelaces to make some money. He studies in his spare time and his greatest dream is to be able to go to college.
One day Laurie finds the pool. It seems a magical place. "A small waterfall came down the rocks and formed a deep round pool of apple green water." This secret pool soon becomes the haunt of the three friends and they spend many happy hours there.
This is an enchanting tale of friendship and adventure and told in Bond's unique style.
The Hidden Pool by Ruskin Bond, A Puffin Book, Rs. 125.
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