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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

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.

3 months ago

Read a book day

Loving A Dinosaur Ate My Sister by Pooja Puri.

3 months ago

Read a book day

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

3 months ago

Moon Day

Discover more about space in A Dinosaur Ate My Sister by Pooja Puri from Macmillan Children's Books 

5 months ago

National Teacher's Day

A Robot Squashed My Teacher by Pooja Puri from Macmillan Children's Books - perfect for back to school today!

7 months ago

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.

8 months ago

Pooja Puri and Allen Fatimaharan

Out now! A Robot Squashed My Teacher by Pooja Puri, illustrated by Allen Fatimaharan. Published by Macmillan Children's Books.

2 years ago

Pooja Puri and Allen Fatimaharan

Out now! A Dinosaur Ate My Sister by Pooja Puri, illustrated by Allen Fatimaharan. Published by Macmillan Children's Books.

3 years ago

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