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A spellbinding, epic and heart-racing magical adventure from an exquisite new storytelling talent.
'Ahmed Pathak is a wonderful new voice; the book took her years to write, and it shows in the depth and care of each beat of the story' - Katherine Rundell
'Phenomenal' - Sophie Anderson
'One of the best children's books I have read in a decade' - Louie Stowell
India, 1855. The British rule, and all across the country, Indian magic is being stamped out.
More terrifying still, people born with magic are being snatched from their homes. Rumour is that they are being taken across the sea - to England - by the all-powerful, sinister Company.
When Chompa's home is attacked and her mother viciously kidnapped, Chompa - born with powerful and dangerous magic that she has always been forbidden from using - must travel to the smoky, bustling streets of East London in search of her. But Chompa will discover far more treachery in London than she had bargained for - and will learn that every act of her rare magic comes with a price . . .
'Exhilarating, thoughtful and rich . . . Easily one of the year's best books for children' - Guardian
'A wonderful writer who paints a thoroughly convincing heroine' - Daily Telegraph
'An unexpected gem of a story . . . A stellar setting, a gut-punch of a twist, and an unforgettable heroine. This has all the hallmarks of classic children's storytelling' - Nizrana Farook
'Dazzling from start to finish' - Abi Elphinstone
'A gripping and spellbinding fantasy woven together with threads of magic, secrets and colonial history . . . An incredible cast of characters and a truly multicultural Victorian London that we don't see often enough' - Rashmi Sirdeshpande
'A wonderfully vibrant debut . . . A vivid magical adventure' - Jasbinder Bilan
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Nazneen Ahmed Pathak (Author)
Nazneen Ahmed Pathak is a British Bangladeshi writer, historian and visual artist who lives in the port city of Southampton. She spent most of her teen years in commuter belt suburbia writing, reading, and listening to melancholy indie music, going on to study English literature at the University of Warwick and completing a PhD in Bangladeshi literature at the University of Oxford. As a historian she researches the geography and history of migration, a subject which is also at the heart of much of her fiction, poetry and visual arts practice. She was selected as one of 12 mentees from 2000 applicants for the 2016/17 inaugural round of Penguin Random House's Write Now mentorship scheme which aims to support and publish underrepresented writers.
She has held residencies at Southampton Central Libraries, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton Museums and Archives, and the Francis Crick Institute in association with Poet in the City. She has been published in Poem: International English Language Quarterly, Places of Poetry: Mapping the Nation in Verse (OneWorld Publications), The Puffin Book of Big Dreams (Puffin), and A Match Made in Heaven: British Muslim Women Write About Love and Desire (Hope Road Press).
Nazneen's debut children's novel was City of Stolen Magic.
Sandhya Prabhat (Illustrator)
Sandhya Prabhat is an independent animator and illustrator from Chennai, working out of California, USA. Prabhat is an independent animator and illustrator from Chennai, working out of California, USA. She has illustrated children's books, as well as animating for TV and movies, and designing for social media platforms. Her clients include Penguin Random House India, HarperCollins India, Candlewick and Lantana Publishing.
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Prologue
Chompa wrinkled her nose as her mother ran the wooden
comb firmly through her ever-knotted mass of hair,and dipped her toes into the river to distract herself. Ammi
teased at a particularly large knot, and Chompa let out a little
grumbling snort.
‘If you looked after it, Chompa, we would not have to do
this every morning.’
But her hands became gentler while the comb and pins
hovered like hummingbirds.
Eventually, Ammi rested her chin upon her daughter’s
head, and they gazed into the river at each other’s faces, one
propped on top of the other. The sounds of the jungle became
muted around them, and the water stilled, as if the world was
holding its breath. It was Chompa’s favourite moment of the
daily ritual.
It wouldn’t last, of course. Soon everything would spring
back to busy life, and her hair would quickly follow. It was wild,
stubborn, and twice the thickness of any other girl’s hair in the
village. It was why, Chompa thought, the village children disliked
her so much.
That and the fact that she and her mother were witches.
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