
This book is packed full of silliness (I kept thinking of the Monty Python quote, “On second thought, let’s not go to Camelot.


Though definitely a great adventure full of close calls and unexpected twists, DasGupta’s story is also very, very funny. On their adventure, Kiran encounters flying horses, the spirit of a tree in a bottle, demons, demon groupies, a bad-joke-telling bird, mountains of illusion, and so many more unexpected and mind-boggling things (like being accused of stealing someone’s mustache). She hardly has time to pack a small bag and grab the note her parents left that stops mid-sentence before she is off with princes Neel and Lal to save her parents (despite their strict instructions to not try to find them).
