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Misfit Madhu

Misfit Madhu

Mystery Story Featuring a Girl Who Codes | Winner of Neev Book Award | For Students of All Ages

Divya Anand
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Madhu is a shy middle-grade developer who spends her holidays creating her dream app, ‘School Santhe’. Soon, the app goes viral…and so does she! And why not? After all, an app where everyone at school can trade stuff is the app they’ve all been waiting for! Madhu now sets her sights on winning the GoTek young developers contest.

But when School Santhe is used to sell leaked test papers, she’s faced with the hardest decision of her life:
a) Shut down the app that made her popular?
b) Or stay silent and become part of something…criminal?

As her dreams begin to crumble – with the entire school now blaming her for the mess her app has caused – Madhu realizes that sometimes, it’s far easier to debug an app than it is to debug your life!

Imprint: India Puffin

Published: Jul/2022

ISBN: 9780143453550

Length : 192 Pages

MRP : ₹299.00

Misfit Madhu

Mystery Story Featuring a Girl Who Codes | Winner of Neev Book Award | For Students of All Ages

Divya Anand

Madhu is a shy middle-grade developer who spends her holidays creating her dream app, ‘School Santhe’. Soon, the app goes viral…and so does she! And why not? After all, an app where everyone at school can trade stuff is the app they’ve all been waiting for! Madhu now sets her sights on winning the GoTek young developers contest.

But when School Santhe is used to sell leaked test papers, she’s faced with the hardest decision of her life:
a) Shut down the app that made her popular?
b) Or stay silent and become part of something…criminal?

As her dreams begin to crumble – with the entire school now blaming her for the mess her app has caused – Madhu realizes that sometimes, it’s far easier to debug an app than it is to debug your life!

Buying Options
Paperback / Hardback

Divya Anand

As a middle grader, Divya wrote her first book. And then she promptly forgot the password to the file. She has learnt better and has now written four books. Her most recent book, Misfit Madhu, won the Neev Book Award and was featured on the Parag Honour List in 2023. Her other books include Dare Eat That (winner of the Gourmand Award in 2019), I Hate My Curly Hair and Written in the Stars.

When she is not hanging upside down doing anti-gravity yoga or chasing after her four-year-old, she is trying not to eat too much chocolate.

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