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Tiffin

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9781471402920 Author(s): Mahtab Narsimhan Format: Paperback Year: 2014 Publisher: Hot Key Books Dimensions: 129 x 17 x 198 (w x l x h) Pages: 176 Pages: 9

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Description: Every day in the vast and vibrant city of Bombay, thousands of dabbawalla deliverymen transport hundreds of thousands of freshly prepared lunches in tiffin boxes, straight from workers homes and into their offices. Even though the city is a maze of streets, and the tiffins carry a delivery code just dabbawallas can understand, no lunch ever gets lost. Well, almost never...When a secret note in a tiffin box goes astray, the consequences for a young boy are devastating. Separated from his mother and forced to work as a slave in a cafe, Kunal is sure that if he could just find his family, his fortunes would change forever. If a lost note was the beginning of his destiny, could he use another to change it?An evocative portrayal of fate and family in India.THE TIFFIN was shortlisted for the 2012 Book of the Year for Children Award by the Canadian Library Association.The novel was also selected for the 2013 Manitoba Young Readers Choice Awards shortlist, which gives young people the opportunity to vote for their favourite Canadian book.

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