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Author: Bilan, Jasbinder

Reading age: from c 9 years

Published on 9 May 2024 by Chicken House Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 288 pages
196 x 129 x 16 | 212g

A stunning new historical children’s novel from 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 fabulous new historical direction from Costa-winning

and Waterstones-shortlisted author, Jasbinder Bilan.

Themes of colonialism and identity, mixed with an action-packed

royal mystery.

 

PRAISE FOR JASBINDER BILAN:

‘A gorgeous sumptuous read from a master storyteller.’

HANNAH GOLD 

‘A light-filled, huge-hearted delight.’ KATHERINE

RUNDEL   

‘Atmospheric, dreamy, charged with wonder and menace, loss,

sorrow and delight.’ TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT 

‘Beautifully written, richly atmospheric and touchingly

spiritual.’ DAILY MAIL