The hill Station , with all its glitter, was just a pretty gift box with nothing inside.
When Twelve - Year - Old Bisnu decides to go to Mussoorie to carn for his family , he has no idea how dangetous and lonely life in a town can be for a boy on his own.
As he sets out to work on the limestone quarries , with the choking dust envoloping the beautiful mountain air , he finds that he longs for his little village in the Himalayas.
Anitha Balachandran's illustrations add a bright splash of colour to one of Ruskin Bond's most memorable Stories.