Hook Books: The Sweet Shop Wars

The story has a beautiful message that is subtly delivered. The children, the fathers, the shops, and the street are so wonderfully presented that it pulls you into the world effortlessly. I saw children read the book with a constant smile on their faces.

This lovely book belongs to the Hook Book Series and I must say that the story is sure to warm your heart. Two small girls extend a hand of friendship amidst rivalry and that forms the key theme of the plot. Firoza loves her dadu's sweet shop. Even more so, she adores her dadu who makes amazing pedas. But her magical world of sweets is faced with a challenge when Latif Bhai, along with Aasma, open another sweet shop that basically distracts all the customers like how honey attracts the flies. This puts Firoza in a quandary and she tries all her might to save her dadu's shop.In the process of fighting wars by giving cold stares and imitating snobbish adults, the two girls find a common interest in sweets and the invisible boundary of anger and jealousy is dissolved just like that. The adults, too, learn the value of their words and the importance of helping the other in need.