Nush and the Stolen Emerald by Jasbinder Bilan

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
Binding: Paperback / softback