No Ticket, Will Travel

Age: 8-12
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Karadi

Product Description

I can’t buy a ticket, but I really need to get on this train. Chandrasekhar waits for a job and dreams of being back home with a classmate he’s in love with. A run a has lost a slipper, and it was her only pair. Balu wishes he could trade his jackhammer for a poetry book. Sadia and her son are sleeping beside their handmade dolls, wondering what the future holds. Anjanamma makes up a story to soothe the relentless sting of Mosquitoes. Nagaraju sightlessly navigates the chaos of a train station and puts out a plea to the universe. Subuhi jiwani traces six uncertain journeys from Andhra Pradesh to kochi, of migrants in search of work, survival and belonging.