The Twelve
$23.39
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
14 July 2026
Summary
At the stroke of midnight on winter solstice, Libby disappears - vanishing from the face of the Earth. Only her older sister, Kit, and a mysterious boy named Story remember that she ever existed. To find Libby and bring her safely home, the pair must embark on a perilous journey into the distant past, across a land steeped in ancient folklore. Together, Kit and Story will face dangers beyond their wildest imagination as they race to uncover the secret of the Twelve before Time itself runs out…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781782694007 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1782694005 |
| Author: | Liz Hyder, Tom de Freston |
| Publisher: | Pushkin Press |
| Imprint: | Pushkin Children's Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 14 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 230g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 129mm x 197mm |
| Audience Age: | 12 |
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Critics Review
The Twelve is that wonderful combination of a story you don’t want to put down, but will also never want to come to an end! – Sita Brahmachari
Liz Hyder
Liz Hyder has been making up stories ever since she can remember. She has a BA in drama from the University of Bristol and, in early 2018, won the Bridge Award/MoniackMhor’s Emerging Writer Award. Her first novel, Bearmouth, won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize for Older Readers, the Branford Boase Award, and was The Times’s Children’s Book of The Year.
Tom De Freston is an artist based in Oxford with his wife, Kiran Millwood Hargrave. His practice is dedicated to the construction of multimedia worlds, combining paintings, film and performance into immersive visceral narratives.
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