Rosa By Starlight
Hilary McKay author Keith Robinson illustrator
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Published:8th Aug '24
£12.99
This title is due to be published on 8th August, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
From the Costa Award-winning author Hilary McKay, comes the story of a young girl looking for magic in the world, and the feline family who help her to find it.
Rosa lives in a world where she discovers there is magic. It arrives with Balthazar, a large black cat, just when she needs it most. Even so, it takes all her courage to stay hopeful and adventurous when her dreadful aunt and uncle move into her life.
And when she finds herself abandoned in the ancient city of Venice, can magic help her then? Perhaps it can.
The stars are watching, and there are lots of cats in Venice…
A wistful, comforting treasure of a story destined to become a classic. -- Emma Carroll, bestselling award-winning author of Letters to the Lighthouse
Beautiful, captivating, such a joy to read I didn't want it to end! -- Sophie Anderson, bestselling author of The House with Chicken Legs and The Snow Girl
A magical story, beautifully told and illustrated too. With cats and Venice and – at the end – kindness. -- Tom Palmer
Even in the darkest of times, there are cats and magic and starlight! This is a book to be treasured - I loved it. -- Lucy Strange, author of Our Castle By The Sea and The Island at the Edge of the Night
Rosa by Starlight is magical not least because of Hilary McKay’s magic touch. From the first line, I was under its spell ... -- Nicolette Jones
ISBN: 9781529074512
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
240 pages