A Compendium of Supernatural Entities Found in the Government Girls Higher Secondary School

In the oppressive heat of a small Tamil Nadu town, strange happenings are common. And the local government secondary school is teeming with supernatural entities. 

For Thamarai, an outsider considered strange by her peers, life is dreary and frustrating. She endures nosy neighbours and incomprehensible tuition classes. She despises the way her lecherous English teacher harasses the other girls in her grade. But when Thamarai finds a mysterious notebook full of descriptions of the school's paranormal phenomena, she wonders if it may hold the key to escape...

"A wonderfully strange work of magical realism... Readers will find this irresistable" 
—Publishers Weekly (starred review) 

"You've never read anything quite like this before, and you must do so instantly"
—Vajra Chandrasekera, author of Rakesfall 

"Filled with longings, jealousies and dangers... will compel you to linger with Thamarai and her schoolmates in their spectral halls long after they have graduated and the book has ended"
—Suzan Palumbo, author of Skin Thief

"One of my favourite writers, and a completely unique voice. This book is a must!" 
—Lavie Tidhar, author of Maror