Ten-year-old Paduma is having a crisis. His new teacher hates him. He lost his position as class monitor and Sunil, the new monitor, is out to get revenge. In his first children's book, award-winning author Nihal de Silva entices us into Paduma's life, where the incorrigible young boy is constantly getting into hilarious situations. Each chapter is a self-contained story that with humour and comedy reveals village life through the eyes of a young boy who is perpetually embroiled in scrapes and jams.