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8563: One Story, Four Endings – front cover
8563: One Story, Four Endings – inside pages
8563: One Story, Four Endings – inside pages
8563: One Story, Four Endings – back cover
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8563: One Story, Four Endings

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Brand: Karadi Tales

Format: Paperback

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Why we picked it
“Some readers always insist they’d have ended the story better. This one hands them four endings to judge, and every reason to write a fifth.”
Sruthi, Brain Chapters

A train journey, a stranger who talks in numbers, and four endings.

8563: One Story, Four Endings is an illustrated mystery about a puzzling train companion, told once and finished four ways.

Raghunath is travelling from Mumbai to Vajraghat when he finds himself sharing a train compartment with a stranger. The man mutters numbers out of the blue, and Raghunath has to know why. Then it is up to readers to decide how the mystery ends.

Why children love it

  • A stranger who mutters "76" for no clear reason, though his seat is 31.
  • Maths woven into the mystery, like a quick sum about twelve boxes of guavas.
  • Bold, angular pen-and-ink pictures splashed with red, yellow and teal.

By Soumitra Ranade and Rudradutt Ranade · Endings by Sonali Arun Bhatia, Archana Rao-D'Cruz and Mira Desai · Illustrated by Ambika Sambasivan · English

Quick answers

How do the four endings work? The Ranades' original story has its own ending, and three other writers each offer a different one, so readers can pick their favourite.

Is it good for reading together? Yes. The competing endings give families and classrooms plenty to discuss.

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About this book

What's inside — The original story plus three alternative endings by three different writers, so the same set-up resolves four separate ways.

How to read it — Read the original, then stop and ask how your child thinks it should end before starting the alternatives. The book is built for exactly that argument.

Skills it builds — The understanding that an ending is a choice the author makes rather than something the story dictates — one of the most useful things a young writer can learn.

Good to know — Numbers run through the mystery, so it suits a child who likes puzzles as much as plots. Pitched at nine and up.

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