Nine-year-old Aryan has no family he can name, no address, and no one who knows his name. He polishes shoes on platform one at Kurla Station, Mumbai, with a mango-wood box left to him by a dead man, and he eats only on the days he earns enough.
A light in the monsoon
One night in the monsoon, a blue light comes down out of the sky, hangs there in silence, and leaves again. What it leaves behind is a child: pale, silent, frightened, and not from this world.
Aryan hides him. He feeds him the only way he knows how. And slowly, two children who belong nowhere begin to build the one thing neither of them has ever had.
A secret too big to keep
But a boy who lives on a railway platform cannot keep a secret forever. There are people watching. There is a reward of fifty thousand rupees. And there is a question Aryan will spend the rest of his life answering.
Who will love this book
If you are moved by stories about hunger, friendship, and the ordinary people who notice when someone stops coming, this book is for you.
— Viney Author