Author: Bilan, Jasbinder Interest age: from c 8 yearsPublished on 5 June 2025 by Chicken House Ltd in the United Kingdom.Paperback | 272 pages197 x 130 x 16 | 190g From the author of the Costa Award-winning Asha& the Spirit Bird comes a stunning new historicaladventure …Naeli loves her life in Hyderabad, India, yet she yearns to findher English father, who left when she was little. When a mysteriousticket arrives from England, Naeli abandons her familiar worldto track him down.Armed only with her father’s name and cherished violin,she embarks on a bold adventure through Victorian London and beyond...A stunning new novel by bestselling author JasbinderBilan; author of Asha & the Spirit Bird, Tamarind& the Star of Ishta and Aarti &the Blue GodsA gothic historical tale of family, music and mysteryJasbinder is the winner of the Costa Book Award, TheIndie Book Award and the Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition,and has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children'sBook Prize PRAISE FOR JASBINDER BILAN:'This book is such a light-filled, huge-hearted delight ofan adventure.' KATHERINE RUNDELL'Satisfyingly classic in feel' GUARDIAN'A heartfelt and mystical children’s adventure story' TELEGRAPH'Atmospheric, dreamy, charged with wonder and menace, loss,sorrow and delight' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
