![]() When Rea’s brother, Rohan, vanishes after a cricket match, she suspects that her mother and grandmother know more than. ![]() A twelve-year-old in Darjeeling encounters a magical world when she sets out to rescue her twin in Payal Doshi’s original, girl-powered novel Rea and the Blood of the Nectar. Rea and the Blood of the Nectar, the first book in The Chronicles of Astranthia series is her debut middle grade novel. Hardcover 19.95 ( 352pp) 978-1-64543-763-5. Buy a discounted Hardcover of Rea and the Blood of the Nectar. She loves the smell of old, yellowed books. Booktopia has Rea and the Blood of the Nectar, The Chronicles of Astranthia by Payal Doshi. When she isn't writing or spending time with her family, you can find her nose deep in a book with a cup of coffee or daydreaming of fantasy realms to send her characters off into. ![]() Rea is a 12 year-old girl who lives in the Darjeeling area of India. She was born and raised in Mumbai, India, and currently resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Rea and the Blood of the Nectar is a beautiful middle grade portal fantasy. Having lived in the UK and US, she noticed a lack of Indian protagonists in global children's fiction and one day wrote the opening paragraph to what would become her first children's novel. Payal Doshi has a Masters in Creative Writing (Fiction) from The New School, New York. ![]()
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