A Compendium of Supernatural Entities Found in the Government Girls Higher Secondary School [Manickavel, Kuzhali]

Author: Kuzhali Manickavel

A boundary-pushing fantasy that blends magical realism with dark academia, perfect for fans of Bunny by Mona Awad and Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth.

In the oppressive heat of a small Tamil Nadu town, strange happenings are common. And the local government secondary school is teeming with supernatural entities.

For Thamarai, an outsider considered strange by her peers, life is dreary and frustrating. She endures nosy neighbours and incomprehensible tuition classes. She despises the way her lecherous English teacher harasses the other girls in her grade. But when Thamarai finds a mysterious notebook full of descriptions of the school's paranormal phenomena, she wonders if it may hold the key to escape...

Publisher: Penguin Random House
Published: 10/06/2026
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.05oz
ISBN: 9781915998866

About the Author
Kuzhali Manickavel's collections Things We Found During the Autopsy, Insects Are Just like You and Me except Some of Them Have Wings, and Conversations Regarding the Fatalistic Outlook of the Common Man, as well as chapbooks and ezines, are all available from Blaft.
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More details can be found on her website: www.kuzhalimanickavel.com