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‘A captivating tale that glistens with wonder. Leila and Fox will always have a home in my heart’ Sophie Anderson ‘This is an extraordinary book – wild and beautiful and perfect. The mess and tangle of humanity is so brilliantly contrasted with the wild spirit of nature’ Katya Balen Come with an Arctic fox on a breathtaking journey … an enthralling story from the bestselling, award-winning creators of Julia and the Shark. With dazzling blue and black illustrations and presented as a deluxe hardback with tracing paper inserts, this is a perfect gift for 9+ fans of The Last Bear and A Wolf Called Wander. She was very tired. She lay down, her soft head on her soft paws. The sunset licked her face. The snow covered her like a blanket. Fox wakes, and begins to walk. She crosses ice and snow, over mountains and across frozen oceans, encountering bears and birds beneath the endless daylight of an Arctic summer, navigating a world that is vast, wild and wondrous. Meanwhile, Leila embarks on a journey of her own – finding her way to the mother who left her. On a breathtaking journey across the sea, Leila rediscovers herself and the mother she thought she’d lost, with help from a determined little fox. Based on the true story of an Arctic fox who walked from Norway to Canada in seventy-six days, a distance of two thousand miles, this compelling, emotional and beautifully illustrated story is the perfect gift for 9+ readers. Praise for Julia and the Shark: ‘A tale of courage, understanding and compassion’ The Observer ‘Julia and the Shark is deep, beautiful and true. The art shines and the writing soars. A classic from cover to cover’ Eoin Colfer ‘A truly beautiful book, with text and illustrations in perfect harmony. A book to treasure!’ Jacqueline Wilson

Quando il padre deve riparare un vecchio faro su una remota isola delle Shetland, Julia si ritrova a vivere una magica estate, mentre la madre, una biologa marina, si mette sulle tracce del misterioso squalo della Groenlandia. Ben presto la determinazione della madre si trasforma in ossessione e Julia è costretta a esplorare abissi oscuri e profondi. Come un faro che brilla anche nelle notti più buie, l’amicizia con Kin, un bambino del luogo, l’aiuterà a riemergere dal caos e a ritrovare la sua strada.

‘Exceptionally brilliant. Immersive, sensual, compelling’ – Marian Keyes ‘Intriguing, haunting . . . raw, beautiful’ – Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne ‘Spellbinding’ – Elodie Harper, author of The Wolf Den The gripping new novel from Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Mercies Strasbourg, 1518. In the midst of a blisteringly hot summer, a lone woman begins to dance in the city square. She dances for days without pause or rest, and as she is joined by hundreds of others, the authorities declare an emergency. Musicians will be brought in to play the Devil out of these women. Just beyond the city’s limits, pregnant Lisbet lives with her mother-in-law and husband, tending the bees that are their livelihood. And then, as the dancing plague gathers momentum, Lisbet’s sister-in-law Nethe returns from seven years’ penance in the mountains for a crime no one will name. It is a secret that Lisbet is determined to uncover. As the city buckles under the beat of a thousand feet, she finds herself thrust into a dangerous web of deceit and clandestine passion, but she is dancing to a dangerous tune . . . Set in an era of superstition, hysteria, and extraordinary change, and inspired by the true events of a doomed summer, The Dance Tree is an impassioned story of family secrets, forbidden love, and women pushed to the edge. ‘Extraordinary . . . An exceptionally atmospheric, original story’ – The Sunday Times