The Time of Green Magic
$16.58
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
10 September 2019
Summary
From acclaimed author and Costa winner Hilary McKay comes The Time of Green Magic: a beautiful, spell-binding novel about new families, a magical old house and a mysterious cat.
When Tom and Polly marry, blending their single parent families together, their children find it hard to relinquish their old lives. Max realizes his birth dad will never come home now, while Abi suddenly finds herself a middle child, expected to share far too much – especially with grubby little Loui…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529019261 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529019265 |
| Author: | Hilary McKay |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Macmillan Children's Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 10 September 2019 |
| Weight: | 166g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 130mm x 197mm |
| Audience Age: | 9-11 |
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Critics Review
Picking up a book by Hilary McKay is like slipping on bed socks on a chilly night. She knows how to look after her readers by ensuring that her characters are interesting and loveable from the start … – The Times on The Skylarks’ War, selected as Children’s Book of the Year
Hilary McKay is one of the great writers of children’s fiction – Sarah Hughes * Independent *
McKay couples warmth and grace with wry humour like nobody else out there – Katherine Rundell * The Guardian *
McKay is a superb writer – Sally Morris * Daily Mail *
wise and kind and utterly heart-wrenching and full of characters you will give your whole heart to – Anna James
Vivid, hilarious, and heartbreaking, Hilary McKay’s radiant characters touch my heart like real people, friends and loved ones I know well. Possibly the finest writer of our time. – Elizabeth Wein
Hilary McKay has a rare gift for novels about families and their interplay. – LoveReading4Kids
Hilary McKay
Hilary McKay won the Costa Children’s Book Award for The Skylarks’ War, the Guardian Fiction Prize for The Exiles, and the Smarties and the Whitbread Award for The Exiles in Love and Saffy’s Angel respectively. Hilary McKay’s Fairy Tales was her first book with Macmillan Children’s Books and is a critically acclaimed collection of clever retellings.
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