Village 1104

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Village 1104 is a first-person narrative which revolves around a professor, Abhimanyu Shergill, and four children, Sid, Rishabh, Murari and Priya. Prateek, in this book, talks about the various kinds of pressure an Indian student has to go through: parental pressure, peer pressure and gender-biases and focuses on the limitations of the Indian educational system. The book narrates how these four "failures" in the city end up in a village which is too insignificant to even be given a name in the Indian Government directory. The book focuses on the growth of this group as they join forces to change the reality for the village.

• Abhimanyu Shergill
• Siddhart
• Priya
• Rishabh
• Murari
• Sukhlal ji
• Akriti
• Naresh
• Mr. Bhandari
• Mrs. Bhandari
• Mr. Bhardawaj

Village 1104 was the debut book by Prateek Arora who wrote it at the age of 16. Via this book, Prateek pulled from his own life experience and channeled his frustrations of the Indian education system. The book received coverage in seven Indian newspapers and referenced by various politicians to highlight the needed shift in an infrastructure-starved, legacy education system failing to serve the Indian youth.

• The Deccan Chronicle, 16 March 2010, Jyoti Verma, "Born with a pen", New Delhi
• The Hindu, 16 March 2010, Poonam Kumar, "School notes", New Delhi
• The Asian Age, 16 March 2010, Jyoti Verma, "Born with a pen-how to strike a balance between your inner passion and your studies"
• Born with a pen, Jyoti Verma, Deccan Chronicle [1]^{[dead link‍]}
• Budding young writer of DPS RK Puram [2]
• Born with a pen, Asian Age [3]
• World News-Born with a pen[4]
• The Hindu, March 16, 2010 [5]
• Indiatimes, March 2010 [6]