Nush and the Stolen Emerald by Jasbinder Bilan (author)

A stunning royal mystery from the Costa Award-winning author of Asha & the Spirit Bird. Anushka is furious. As princess of an Indian kingdom, she has watched the British East India Company take land and her family’s most divine jewel – an emerald the size of an apple.

So when her father, the Maharaja, decides to visit Queen Victoria at Buckinham Palace, Nush goes too – determined to bring back the gem that can heal her country.

A stunning novel by bestselling author Jasbinder Bilan; author of books including Asha & the Spirit Bird, Tamarind & the Star of Ishta and Aarti & the Blue Gods

An action-packed royal mystery for ages 9+

Jasbinder is the winner of the Costa Book Award, The Indie Book Award and the Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition, and has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize

PRAISE FOR JASBINDER BILAN:

‘A gorgeous sumptuous read from a master storyteller.’ HANNAH GOLD

‘A light-filled, huge-hearted delight.’ KATHERINERUNDELL

‘Atmospheric, dreamy, charged with wonder and menace, loss, sorrow and delight.’ TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

‘Beautifully written, richly atmospheric and touchingly spiritual.’ DAILY MAIL