A stunning royal mystery from the Costa Award-winning
author of Asha & the Spirit Bird.
Anushka is furious. As princess of an Indian kingdom, she has
watched the British East India Company take land and her family's
most divine jewel – an emerald the size of an apple.
So when her father, the Maharaja, decides to visit Queen Victoria
at Buckinham Palace, Nush goes too – determined to bring
back the gem that can heal her country.
A stunning novel by bestselling author Jasbinder Bilan;
author of books including Asha & the Spirit Bird, Tamarind
& the Star of Ishta and Aarti
& the Blue Gods
An action-packed royal mystery for ages 9+
Jasbinder is the winner of the Costa Book Award, The
Indie Book Award and the Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition,
and has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's
Book Prize
PRAISE FOR JASBINDER BILAN:
'A gorgeous sumptuous read from a master storyteller.'
HANNAH GOLD
'A light-filled, huge-hearted delight.' KATHERINE
RUNDELL
'Atmospheric, dreamy, charged with wonder and menace, loss,
sorrow and delight.' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
'Beautifully written, richly atmospheric and touchingly spiritual.’
DAILY MAIL
Kids will love this hilarious fairy tale adventure packed with clever twists, familiar characters and page-turning fun.
The second book in a fabulous new magical, middle-grade series filled with adventure, wonder and wildness,
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