Silverbrook: Yumna and the Golden Horse by Yassmin Abdel-Magied - ISBN: 9781444934625
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Ordinary girl, extraordinary friends, and a town full of magic and danger.

Silverbrook: Yumna and the Golden Horse

Yumna and the Golden Horse

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  • Paperback

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    27 January 2026

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Summary

Warm, funny, and zinging with imagination, this thrilling fantasy adventure highlights the power of community.

In this quiet town, a magic awakens …

Thirteen-year-old Yumna lives in a sleepy town where nothing ever happens. So when her friends start sneaking into the woods at night, curiosity gets the better of her and she follows. There, she discovers something unbelievable. Kareem can turn into a golden horse. Sami can touch fire without bur…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781444934625
ISBN-10:1444934627
Author:Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Publisher:Hachette Children's Group
Imprint:Hodder Children's Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:27 January 2026
Weight:195g
Dimensions:196mm x 128mm x 22mm
Series:Silverbrook
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Critics Review

A riveting read! A fresh and fun mix of mystery and magic. * Ashley Thorpe, author of The Boy to Beat the Gods *

About The Author

Yassmin Abdel-Magied

Yassmin Abdel-Magied has published five books, most recently Stand Up and Speak Out Against Racism (Walker, 2023), named a Best Book of 2023 by School Library Journal and longlisted for the 2025 UKLA Book Award and 2024 SLA Information Book Award. Her previous books include the essay collection Talking About a Revolution (PRH, 2022) and two novels for younger readers, You Must Be Layla (Puffin, 2019) and Listen, Layla (Puffin, 2021). Listen, Layla was longlisted for Book of the Year by the Children’s Book Council of Australia, and named a 2022 Honor Book for Children’s Africana Book of the Year by the Center for African Studies at Howard University in the U.S. Her TED Talk on bias has been viewed over 2.7M times. Sudanese by birth, raised in Australia, Yassmin now lives in London.

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