<h1>Debut YA set in Himalayan boarding school sparks nationwide school program on truth, peer pressure, and mental health</h1> A forthcoming YA novel by an Indian debut author, set in a fictional Himalayan boarding school and drawing on North-Eastern folklore, will be released in October and is accompanied by a nationwide interactive school program starting November. The program offers classroom modules addressing truth, peer pressure, and mental health through creative exercises tied to the book; schools are contracting for sessions and enduring student-created artifacts. The campaign emphasizes experiential engagement and regional representation, plans social-media collaborations, and signals potential market impact on youth outreach, IP-driven school programming, and publicity practices in literary launches.