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Living with Adi

Living with Adi

A middle-grade novel about an autistic teenager navigating through life

Zarin Virji
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Adi Krishnan is different!
He is a bright student, who loves to read, and remembers everything down to the smallest details—yet he has no friends. His unusual view of things makes his classmates and teachers regard him as a weirdo.
Will the bullying ever end? Will people accept him as he is? Will he gain the respect of others, especially his dad?
Award-winning author Zarin Virji creates the extraordinary journey of an ordinary boy, narrated by him, his family, classmates and a teacher. And how, despite the challenges, living with Adi is, in fact, unexpected, delightful and funny.

Imprint: Duckbill

Published: May/2024

ISBN: 9780143466086

Length : 224 Pages

MRP : ₹299.00

Living with Adi

A middle-grade novel about an autistic teenager navigating through life

Zarin Virji

Adi Krishnan is different!
He is a bright student, who loves to read, and remembers everything down to the smallest details—yet he has no friends. His unusual view of things makes his classmates and teachers regard him as a weirdo.
Will the bullying ever end? Will people accept him as he is? Will he gain the respect of others, especially his dad?
Award-winning author Zarin Virji creates the extraordinary journey of an ordinary boy, narrated by him, his family, classmates and a teacher. And how, despite the challenges, living with Adi is, in fact, unexpected, delightful and funny.

Buying Options
Paperback / Hardback

Zarin Virji

Zarin Virji, a creative writing graduate from the University of Sheffield, follows her passions of teaching and writing.

For over three decades she has played the role of a teacher, teacher trainer and head of school. From 1996 to 2006, she edited the journal Classroom, a safe space for all matters related to education. Her writing is as much about expressing spontaneous feeling as it is about grappling with socio-economic realities of our times. Her poetry and short stories have been featured in publications such as the Research Scholar, Route 57 and The Best Asian Short Stories (2018).

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