A Secret Of Birds & Bone

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A spellbinding story from the Sunday Times-bestselling author of The Girl of Ink && Stars, winner of the Waterstones Children s Book Prize.
A story bursting with imagination, sparkle and tender heart ... I adored it! JASBINDER BILAN

Both souful poetry and thrilling adventure; powerful and delicate, chilling and comforting SOPHIE ANDERSON

Ripping propulsive plot, gorgeous imagery, floating fairytale prose ... absolutely loved it ROSS MONTGOMERY

In an Italian city ravaged by plague, Sofia s mother carves beautiful mementoes from the bones of loved ones. But one day, she doesn t return home. Did her work lead her into danger?

Sofia and her little brother Ermin are sent to the convent orphanage but soon escape, led by an enigmatic new friend and their pet crow, Corvith.

Together they cross the city underground, following clues in bones up to the towers of Siena, where - circled by magpies - the children find the terrible truth ...

The fourth children s novel by Times number one bestselling author Kiran Millwood Hargrave, winner of the Waterstones Children s Book Prize and the British Book Awards Children s Book of the Year
From the author of The Island at the End of Everything, The Way Past Winter, Julia and the Shark and The Mercies - chosen for the Richard && Judy Book Club
A darkly beautiful historical novel featuring Kiran s trademark magical realism and an enthralling mystery, presented as a gorgeous flapped paperback with stunning cover foil
Longlisted for the Diverse Book Awards 2021

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Kiran Millwood Hargrave is a poet, playwright, and author. Her books for children and young adults include the bestselling The Girl of Ink && Stars, The Island at the End of Everything, The Way Past Winter, and A Secret of Birds && Bone (2020). The Deathless Girls was her first YA novel. Her debut novel for adults is The Mercies (February 2020).

Between them, her children s books have won numerous awards including Children s Book of the Year at the British Book Awards, the Waterstones Children s Book Prize, the Historical Association Young Quills Award, and the Blackwell s Children s Book of the Year. They have been shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize, the Little Rebels Prize, the Branford Boase Award, the Blue Peter Best Story Award, Costa Children s Book Prize, and Foyles Children s Book of the Year, amongst others.

The Mercies debuted at number one of the The Times bestseller list, is a Sunday Time bestseller, and was selected for the BBC Radio 2 Book Club. It is listed for the prestigious Prix Femina in France, and was called unquestionably the book of the 2018 London Book Fair by The Bookseller.

Kiran lives in Oxford with her husband, the artist Tom de Freston, and their rescue cat, Luna.

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