A Lost People?S Archive (Hb)Two neighbours meet as little children in Patuakhali town, deep in the delta where the mammoth Meghna breaks up into a myriad branches to meet the sea, in East Bengal. The year is 1922; the boy, Shishu, is eight, and the girl, Noni, eleven. Swiftly, a special bond forms between the two, strengthened by a shared love of books and poetry. However, in 1927, their paths diverge Shishu, a member of the revolutionary outfit Tarun Sangha, stabs a police

The text is carefully simplified to make it appealing to younger readers

entertaining young readers for decades

A full-length Hercule Poirot novel

This time the threat is bigger than the crooks

because the groom is a rising figure in Italy's Fascist regime

From research labouratories in Soviet-era labour camps

It shows many examples of different types of mammals in their natural environment

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- Give praise to someone who is doing a great job

Picture yourself in the situations described and think through your responses as if you were at the SSB

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