Viren Shah is a young, popular boy in his high school, Spencer Junior High, in Dallas,Texas, who is accused of murder and is determined to prove his innocence.

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Viren Shah is a young boy who lives in Dallas with his parents and his older sister Nalini. In school, he excels in academics, is an honours student and his favourite subject is Mathematics. Viren is in the fifth grade. His school is “Spencer Junior High”. He is also an avid swimmer and is on the school’s team. Everything is wonderful about Viren and he is popular except for one small thing, which is his tendency to nibble his friend’s noses out of love and affection. His teachers feel that when he grows up this idiosyncrasy will disappear. However everybody is fond of Viren and he is the pride of his school. In swimming competitions against other schools Viren is the winner. He has won several medals for swimming and has maintained a 4.0 GPA through the years. Soon time passes by and Viren is now a senior. He has grown up to be a handsome and witty young man except for the nibbling tendency that still persists. His teachers are fed up of telling him to stop doing it and his parents have also been told about it but it is of no use. One day a girl’s corpse is found on the football field with her nose severed and the prime suspect is Viren. How will Viren prove his innocence or has he committed this heinous crime?

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