Books with author Nury Vittachi

In this mind-twisting adventure, Simon truly walks to the beat of a different drummer. Simon lives three seconds ahead of everyone else, which creates embarrassing problems, such as answering questions that haven’t yet been asked and trying to walk through doors that haven’t yet been opened. Hoping to be cured of his strange ailment, Simon meets a Stitcher, whose job is to fix glitches in the universe. The Stitcher helps him understand what’s happening, but even she has no cure. Playing on Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, this inventive story takes young readers on a supernatural journey through the fabric of space-time, while offering valuable lessons in acceptance and understanding.

In this mind-twisting adventure, Simon truly walks to the beat of a different drummer. Simon lives three seconds ahead of everyone else, which creates embarrassing problems, such as answering questions that haven’t yet been asked and trying to walk through doors that haven’t yet been opened. Hoping to be cured of his strange ailment, Simon meets a Stitcher, whose job is to fix glitches in the universe. The Stitcher helps him understand what’s happening, but even she has no cure. Playing on Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, this inventive story takes young readers on a supernatural journey through the fabric of space-time, while offering valuable lessons in acceptance and understanding.

A collection of Asian stories for children from ages 10-14. At last! If you're fed up reading about kids playing baseball, carving pumpkins or playing in the snow, then crack open this collection of stories filled with football in the city, rickshaws, shopping and tropical swamps: stories about friends, magic, school and growing up. The collection includes stories by: Sam Jam, Tony Lee, Laura Ros, Christine Morgan, Eva Ng, Nirmala Nagarajan, Shane Sakhrani, Arlene Brenda Siagian, Ellen McNally, Maxine Shaw, Ruchita Malhotra. Published to support 'Friends Unlimted', a Hong Kong charity.