Hilary McKayová

''A star-filled story of courage, belonging and the particular magic of feline friends. A treasure of a tale, beautifully told.'' - A.F. Steadman, author of the Skandar seriesFrom the Costa Award-winning author of The Skylarks'' War, comes Rosa by Starlight by Hilary McKay, the story of a young girl looking for magic in the world, and the feline family who help her to find it. With gorgeous black and white illustrations by Keith Robinson.Rosa lives in a world where she discovers there is magic. It arrives with Balthazar, a large black cat, just when she needs it most. Even so, it takes all her courage to stay hopeful and adventurous when her dreadful aunt and uncle move into her life.And when she finds herself abandoned in the ancient city of Venice, can magic help her then? Perhaps it can.The stars are watching, and there are lots of cats in Venice . . .''Beautiful, captivating, such a joy to read I didn''t want it to end!'' - Sophie Anderson, bestselling author of The House with Chicken Legs and The Snow Girl''A charming Ghibli-esque tale of a girl whose only friends are cats. Surprising and magical in equal measures.'' - M. G. Leonard, bestselling author of The Adventure on Trains Series, The Twitchers series, and The Ice Children*Hilary McKay won the Costa Children’s Book Award in 2018 with The Skylarks'' War

Award-winning Hilary McKay brings the childhood of Victorian heroine Grace Darling to life in this heartfelt reimagining of her life up to and including the Forfarshire shipwreck.Despite her fear of boats, Grace Darling loves her life as the daughter of a lighthouse keeper and spends fun-filled childhood days with her three sisters, four brothers, numerous goats, chickens, cats and her beloved dog, Happy.The only shadows come from the many shipwrecks caused by the poor location of their lighthouse, a problem that seems to be fixed when a new one is built further out on the remote Longstone Rock.But in September 1838, a steamship called the Forfarshire is wrecked on the dangerous Harcar Rock. Grace alerts her father to survivors, but can she find the courage to help him row out through the mountainous waves to rescue the? articularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.

Clarry és a bátyja, Peter a nagyszüleik cornwalli házában töltik a nyarakat ellenállhatatlan unokatestvérük, Rupert társaságában. Csakhogy megszokott életükre hamarosan egy szörnyű háború árnyéka vetül – és amikor Rupert beáll katonának és kimegy a frontra, Clarry úgy érzi, hogy a pacsirtadaltól hangos nyarak örökre véget értek. De túléli-e a család ezt a rettenetes háborút? A Costa „év gyerekkönyve” díj nyertese 2008-ban.

Clarry és a bátyja, Peter a nagyszüleik cornwalli házában töltik a nyarakat ellenállhatatlan unokatestvérük, Rupert társaságában. Csakhogy megszokott életükre hamarosan egy szörnyű háború árnyéka vetül - és amikor Rupert beáll katonának és kimegy a frontra, Clarry úgy érzi, hogy a pacsirtadaltól hangos nyarak örökre véget értek. De túléli-e a család ezt a rettenetes háborút? A Costa "év gyerekkönyve" díj nyertese 2008-ban.

From Costa Award-winner Hilary McKay comes The Time of Green Magic: a beautiful, spell-binding novel about family, magic, an old house and a mysterious visitor . . . Abi and her two step-brothers, Max and Louis, find that strange things happen when they are alone in their eerie, ivy-covered new house. Abi, reading alone, finds herself tumbling deep into books, while Louis summons a startling guest through his bedroom window. Even Max has started to see shapes in the shadows . . . Their busy parents see none of it - but Louis' secret visitor is growing too alarming to keep secret, and he finds he cannot manage without Max and Abi's help. Can they find out where the mysterious creature has come from - and how to get it back there? 'An instant classic' New York Times 'Wise and kind . . . full of characters you will give your whole heart to' Anna James 'The emotions of real families have always been [McKay's forte], but in this evocative novel she makes something fantastical happen' Sunday Times