Rosa by starlight
McKay, Hilary2024
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Total copies: 3
The story of a young orphaned girl looking for magic in the world, and the feline family who help her to find it. Orphaned young and suddenly left in the care of a mysterious aunt and uncle, Rosa Mundi sees the grey world around her and longs for magic to be true.
Her neighbour's cat, Balthazar, may be her only friend, but his magical appearance certainly plants seeds of hope.
When her school closes down suddenly, Rosa inconveniently joins her aunt and uncle on a work trip to Italy, and is left to fend for herself at the rundown Hotel Mancini. But the ancient, winding streets of Venice and their feline inhabitants spark magic for Rosa, and her life takes an unexpected turn...
Main title:
Rosa by starlight / Hilary McKay ; illustrated by Keith Robinson.
Author:
McKay, Hilary, authorRobinson, Keith, illustrator
Work:
Edition:
First.
Imprint:
London : Macmillan, 2024.
Collation:
220 p. : B & W halftones ; 224 x 140 mm. 356 gm.
Audience:
Young People.Reading grade level: 8-10.Interest age level: 9-11.Interest grade level: KS2.
Biography/History:
Hilary McKay is a critically acclaimed award-winning author. She won the Guardian Fiction Prize for The Exiles, and the Smarties and the Whitbread Award for The Exiles in Love and Saffy's Angel respectively. Hilary McKay's Fairy Tales was her first book with Macmillan Children's Books and is a critically acclaimed collection of clever retellings. Her 2018 title, The Skylarks' War, marks the centenary of the end of the First World War and was the winner of the Costa Children's Book Award 2018. It is a classic in the making.
ISBN:
9781529074512 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
779483