In the jungle outside the growing city of Chandigarh, twelve-year-old street child Ram discovers a hidden rock garden, befriends its creator–a factory worked named Nek–and tries to save Nek’s garden when it is threatened with destruction.

Outside In was featured in WOW Currents Reclaiming Social Emotional Learning with Children’s Literature, Part II.

• ISBN: 9781442468276
• Published: 2017 , Atheneum
• Themes: Friendship, garden, hindu, Homelessness and poverty, recycling
• Descriptors: Historical Fiction, India, Intermediate (ages 9-14)
• No. of pages: 288