Hana Tooke
Best-selling Children's Author
Coming soon...
Wednesday meets The Secret Garden in this gorgeously gothic and mysterious adventure about family secrets, devilishly bad deeds, and a touch of murder . . .
Once, the great house of Skulkmoor stood proudly on its hillside, commanding the attention of anyone who came by. Now, it is a curious puzzle of a place - not least thanks to the giant wall which cuts it straight in half, separating the two warring families that live inside it.
Many years ago, the Fox family was torn apart by a question of murder - and of inheritance. With no clear heir, the house has been literally divided in two. But now, two young cousins, from rival sides of Skulkmoor, must race to solve the crime - or face losing their home forever.
Can Ted and Iris put their differences aside and save their family fortune - or will they play their part in destroying everything?
The Graveyard Book meets The Night Circus in this ghostly tale about two friends, one murder mystery, and a world of intrigue.
Ema Vasková has always felt different. In a family of famous scientists, there's not much room for superstition or omens--but they seem to follow Ema wherever she goes. It doesn't help that she appears to predict events before they happen, and has a peculiar fear of shadows...
When Ema is sent to stay with her eccentric uncle in Prague, she fears she'll lose the chance to ever fit in. But then she meets Silvie--a girl who finally sees Ema for the extraordinary girl that she is. Soon the girls are meeting for secret midnight adventures and facing Ema's fears together.
But then disaster strikes. Silvie goes missing--and it's up to Ema to find her. Now she must gather the courage to hunt the city, find her friend, and uncover the secrets of the one clue Silvie left as to where she might be--inside the mysterious Midnight Guild...
Kirkus Starred Review
"Adventures beguilingly rich and strange beneath a series of "full-ish" moons"
Waterstones
'Best Books of 2022'
Waterstones says
'...glorious, sumptuously imagined tale of friendship and wonderfully eccentric midnight adventures...'
Way back in the autumn of 1880, five babies are discovered at the Little Tulip Orphanage in most unusual circumstances. Those babies are Lotta, Egbert, Fenna, Sem and Milou.
The vile matron calls the children 'the unadoptables' but this talented gang of best friends know that their individuality is what makes them so special - and so determined to stay together.
When a sinister gentleman tries to get them in his clutches, the children make a daring escape across the frozen canals of Amsterdam, embarking on an adventure packed with pirate ships and puppets. But is their real home - and their real family - already closer than they realize?
NUMBER 1 BESTSELLING children's hardback debut of 2020 (UK)
Sunday Times
Book of the Week
The Guardian
Book of the Month
Winner
Oxfordshire
Book Award
2021
Longlisted
Branford Boase
Award 2020