Can you imagine living on the streets in Calcutta?
'The best day of my life was the day I found out I was all alone in the world.'
Even though Valli spends her days picking coal and fighting with her cousins, life in the coal town of Jharia, India, is the only life she knows. The only sight that fills her with terror is the monsters who live on the other side of the train tracks - the lepers.
Valli runs away to Kolkata, a dangerous place.
But a chance encounter with a doctor reveals a shocking truth. Valli rejects help and begins an uncertain life on the street.
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