THE LOST NAME SOCIETY BY S R KRISH
S R Krish is the pen name for Savita Kalhan, an acclaimed teen/YA writer whose thrillers have earned her a reputation for gripping, unputdownable storytelling. She brings that experience to her new book, The Lost Name Society, where she delves into Dark Academia,, exploring identity, the power of names and folk horror in a boarding school setting.
Five teenagers start induction week at Merrybourne School. Andy, the main character doesn’t use his real name Aniruddha when he signs the charter entering him into the Pentangle Prize Championship competition. His name was changed by a teacher who couldn’t pronounce it. In the competition, the teens are forced to play in a series of games based on verbal reasoning and spatial reasoning. They are innocuous sounding games, but they are anything but. These games are deadly and twisted, and they can erase you. Andy and the other teens must try to find the power in their real names, and who they really are, to have a chance of survival.
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As Mrs Greaves’ attitude to Jeevan becomes more and more unacceptable, the moral dilemma intensifies. Why does Mrs Greaves consistently give him really low marks in English and undermine him at every opportunity? Is it because of the colour of his skin? |
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