Nush and the Stolen Emerald Get 20% OFF across the Scholastic Shop 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.’ KATHERINE
RUNDELL

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

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