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.’
DAILY MAIL