Nush and the Stolen Emerald

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.’

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