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Adventures In Farland by Moshank Relia
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This is a story about a young and adventurous girl Mira. She had two rambunctious friends Bira and Vira who always fought with each other. Mira’s mother used to tell her stories about a magical place called Farland and it’s people. Once when Mira was on Gunhill with her friends, she meets Bushy who tell her that princess Harmonica wishes to meet her and has invited her to the most glamorous New Moon party.

Then begins the adventurous journey of Mira and her friends in the Faland. They meet many characters like Starhead, Windman, Mastiff, Fat Master, Candy Man etc. during their journey when they were trying to save the Farland from the Queen of Witches.

Does Mira succeed in saving Farland from the Queen of Witches? What problems did she face? Was she able to enjoy the New Moon party? To know answer to these you need to read this 🙂

The most important aspect in a children/middle-grade book is the writing style. And speaking of that, the author has managed to keep a very beautiful and descriptive language. Though I must tell you here that it is not that simple either, if you see it from a POV of a child. [a:Moshank Relia|17199139|Moshank Relia|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] has used the combination of simple and new words perfectly.

From our childhood, our grandparents have passed the stories to us where the background theme is often of good vs. bad, and how good always win. This story offers so many things for children to learn, basically the basic virtues of life. The various incidents in the book like fighting the evil queen, meeting new persons etc. tell the importance of friendship, bravery and team effort. That being said, children have definitely a lot of things to learn from this.

This book is merely 70 pages and surely I wanted the story to be little bigger. But I guess, from a child’s point of view this is the perfect length. Moshank hasn’t tried to stretch the story or to make it complicated. He has just narrated the incidents one after another in the simplest way possible. This is the real beauty of the story which makes it fast paced and manages to engross the readers till the end.

This book also contains some illustrations and they are super good. Since I read an ebook, I was not able to feel them actually. But I so wished to have the physical copy right away and my hands were itching to color them 😀 (or maybe there are actually colored images in the book?)

This book is perfect for the age group of 6-14 and it will surely capture the imagination and curiosity of the children. If you are looking something to gift a child, this would be a perfect choice. Being said that, for adults too, this book is good if you are looking for a light and quick read and like fantasy.

I wish to go to such Farland one day 😀

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