Blogs in January 2021

Tsunami Girl 24th January 2021

Tsunami Girl is a powerful coming-of-age story of 15-year-old Yuki Hara Jones who gets caught up in the March 2011 Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. It’s about a young person trying to work out who they are, and...

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Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black 19th January 2021

A lyrical and dreamlike story of two brothers in conflict amidst the devastation of WWII London. Harry Black wakes in hospital to learn that his brother Ellis has almost certainly been killed by a V2 rocket falling during a...

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Return to the City of Ghosts 19th January 2021

The thrilling conclusion to the Ghosts of Shanghai by the award-winning author of the Mysterium trilogy, for fans of Philip Pullman, Susan Hill and Robin Stevens. Ruby is on a mission to rescue the boy she loves: Charlie has...

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Shadow of the Yangtze 19th January 2021

J G Ballard’s Empire of the Sun meets Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black in a compelling teen thriller … Ruby – a Western girl who feels more Chinese than English – and her friend Charlie must follow the...

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Ghosts of Shanghai 19th January 2021

A powerful teen thriller with echoes of J G Ballard’s Empire of the Sun and Miracles of Life … Obsessed with martial arts and ghost stories, Ruby is part of a gang of Chinese and ex-pat children who hide...

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