Go on an adventure with Katherine Rundell ... _______________ NOMINATED FOR THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL NOMINATED FOR THE CILIP GREENAWAY MEDAL From the winner of the Costa Children's Book Award _______________ 'A writer with an utterly distinctive voice and a wild imagination' – Philip Pullman 'A book that will be treasured forever' - Irish Times 'A moving, witty and magical tale' - Sunday Times _______________ It’s Christmas Eve and Theo – left at home with a babysitter – sees an odd-looking star out of his window and decides to make a wish. He wishes that he had some friends to...
Go on an adventure with Katherine Rundell ... _______________ NOMINATED FOR THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL NOMINATED FOR THE CILIP GREENAWAY MEDAL From t...
No one knows where Sophie is from - she was found one morning in the middle of the English Channel in a cello case. Until the age of twelve, the girl lives with her guardian Charles. Together they read Shakespeare's works and create music. But the law is harsh: Sophie wants to be taken to an orphanage, and the guardian is imprisoned if he gets in the way. The girl runs away in search of her mother, because she clearly remembers her and believes that the dearest person is still alive. And where, if not from above, is it better to see the whole city and its inhabitants ?! So pretty soon the...
No one knows where Sophie is from - she was found one morning in the middle of the English Channel in a cello case. Until the age of twelve, the girl ...
**A Sunday Times top ten bestseller****Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award 2023****Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize for Non-Fiction 2023****Shortlisted for the Slightly Foxed First Biography Prize 2023**'Masterly.' Observer'Wonderful, joyous.' Maggie O'Farrell'Frankly brilliant.' Sunday Times'Unmissable.' Simon Jenkins'Every page sparkles.' Claire Tomalin'A triumph.' Matt Haig'Stylish, scholarly and gripping.' Rose TremainJohn Donne lived myriad lives. Sometime religious outsider and social...
**A Sunday Times top ten bestseller****Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award 2023****Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Pr...