For a tween occupied with LEGO, football, daydreaming and of course, studies, a relationship with books can need extra nurturing. Raghav Ramachandran has always liked reading, but his fondness for finding secret worlds amid pages was taking a brief break until recently. Raghav confidently shares, “I am building on my habit of reading again, and exploring new titles.” His mother, Diya Ramachandran, was a little worried about her child not warming up to the Harry Potter series. “I tried introducing him to it in the lockdown, but he just wouldn’t read. He likes the kind of humour David Walliams offers.” His mother feels this affinity can be attributed to his initial cultural association with England, where he was born. By now, we know the young reviewer as someone hard to please. Will Pika Nani’s The Egghead Detective Agency, a curious mystery novel for children, interest him?

An illlustration by Jemma Jose from the book