Deepa Anappara
Djinn patrol on the purple line : a novel - Guragaon Penguin random 2020 - 343p.
Nine-year-old Jai watches too many reality cop shows, thinks hes smarter than his friend Pari (even though she always gets top marks) and considers himself to be a better boss than Faiz (even though Faiz is the one with a job). When a boy at school goes missing, Jai decides to use the crime-solving skills he has picked up from watching episodes of Police Patrol to find him. But playing detective is no longer childs play. With Pari and Faiz by his side, Jai ventures into some of the most dangerous parts of the city; the bazaar at night, and even the railway station at the end of the Purple Line. But kids continue to vanish, and the trio must confront terrified parents, an indifferent police force and soul-snatching djinns in order to uncover the truth. As the disappearances edge ever closer to home, the lives of Jai and his friends will never be the same again..
9780670093380
India
Missing children
children -crimes against
Child trafficking
poor families
823.92 / DEE/D
Djinn patrol on the purple line : a novel - Guragaon Penguin random 2020 - 343p.
Nine-year-old Jai watches too many reality cop shows, thinks hes smarter than his friend Pari (even though she always gets top marks) and considers himself to be a better boss than Faiz (even though Faiz is the one with a job). When a boy at school goes missing, Jai decides to use the crime-solving skills he has picked up from watching episodes of Police Patrol to find him. But playing detective is no longer childs play. With Pari and Faiz by his side, Jai ventures into some of the most dangerous parts of the city; the bazaar at night, and even the railway station at the end of the Purple Line. But kids continue to vanish, and the trio must confront terrified parents, an indifferent police force and soul-snatching djinns in order to uncover the truth. As the disappearances edge ever closer to home, the lives of Jai and his friends will never be the same again..
9780670093380
India
Missing children
children -crimes against
Child trafficking
poor families
823.92 / DEE/D