‘The Liar Among Us’: An ambitious YA campus thriller that understands its primary readership well
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Bishhal Paull’s debut novel, The Liar Among U,s is a campus thriller written primarily for a YA audience. Set in Valorhouse International, an elite boarding school in Sikkim, the novel follows its protagonist’s quest to find answers to the mystery of Madhab, a missing student at this school.
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A mean place
Valorhouse is a ticket to bigger things in life and getting admission here is no mean feat, particularly for students like Angad Sandhu, the book’s protagonist and often its narrator. For Angad, the faraway school is both a means for a better future and a way to escape his family life. But life at Valorhouse, a place full of privileged students who aren’t the first generation from their family studying here, isn’t easy either. As Angad makes a few friends and many more enemies, his first year at Valorhouse takes a turn for the strange when rumours regarding Madhab grow stronger. In a bid to gain points for himself and his club, Angad unwittingly finds himself at the centre of this mystery along with his friends Sree and Arisha. To add to the already fragile atmosphere of the place, there are supernatural elements from the local folklore at play, making their presence felt from...