When Chris is admitted to the orphanage “House of Victory,” he has no idea that something awful is waiting for him! An evil warden, mean children, horrible punishments, and disgusting potato soup—will Chris have to stay in this house of horror forever? Full of twists and turns and suspense, The Odious Orphanage of Pape City takes you on a nail-biting adventure, keeping you hooked throughout!

Srikar Chitta is an imaginative Indian-American seventh-grader now at Birla Open Minds International School, Hyderabad. He enjoys reading, learning new technologies, and studying science and nature—but what he loves doing most of all is writing! He writes enthusiastically, and his stories are award-winners—a prize in the 2020 KidEngage short story competition, and he is the BTB Storyteller of the Year 2020. Two of his prize-winning stories are Devil in Disguise and Three Sides of a Coin. Another of his stories was published in 2021 in Box of Tales—Volume 2: A ‘Beyond the Box’ Anthology.

The Odious Orphanage of Pape City is Srikar’s second published book. His first book, Just Another Horrible Year, was published in 2021.