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Pooja Puri

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About Pooja Puri

Pooja Puri graduated from King’s College London with a first-class degree in English Language and Literature. Whilst at university she read for a publishing house and has since worked in the education sector. In 2014, she was chosen as a winner of the Ideas Tap Writer’s Centre Norwich Inspires competition. She went on to complete the MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University. Her debut novel The Jungle is a brave and beautiful narrative about two teenage refugees in Calais and was published in 2017. In 2018, The Jungle was nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal. She is the author of two middle-grade novels A Dinosaur Ate My Sister, selected for the Marcus Rashford Book Club, and A Robot Squashed My Teacher.

Recent updates about Pooja Puri

World Creativity and Innovation Day

Looking for books that help you discover and explore? Try A Robot Squashed My Teacher by Pooja Puri. Published by Macmillan Children's Books.

14 days ago

National Velociraptor Awareness Day

Have you read A Dinosaur Ate My Sister by Pooja Puri from Macmillan Children's Books - it's a great read!

17 days ago

National Siblings Day

Do you have one? Read A Dinosaur Ate My Sister by Pooja Puri from Macmillan Children's Books with your kids to get ready for #NationalSiblingsDay

25 days ago

International Children's Book Day

Today is the day to read this brilliant book (not that you needed an excuse!), A Dinosaur Ate My Sister by Pooja Puri from Macmillan Children's Books.

1 month ago

International Children's Book Day

Today is the day to read this brilliant book (not that you needed an excuse!), A Robot Squashed My Teacher by Pooja Puri from Macmillan Children's Books.

1 month ago

International Literacy Day

Reading is so much fun, why not read A Dinosaur Ate My Sister. Written by Pooja Puri, published by Macmillan Children's Books.

7 months ago

Read a book day

Loving A Dinosaur Ate My Sister by Pooja Puri.

8 months ago

Read a book day

A Robot Squashed My Teacher by Pooja Puri from Macmillan Children's Books is brilliant!

8 months ago

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