Nush and the Stolen Emerald

A stunning royal mystery from the Costa Award-winningauthor of Asha & the Spirit Bird.Anushka is furious. As princess of an Indian kingdom, she haswatched the British East India Company take land and her family'smost divine jewel – an emerald the size of an apple.So when her father, the Maharaja, decides to visit Queen Victoriaat Buckinham Palace, Nush goes too – determined to bringback 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 GodsAn action-packed royal mystery for ages 9+Jasbinder is the winner of the Costa Book Award, TheIndie Book Award and the Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition,and has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children'sBook Prize  PRAISE FOR JASBINDER BILAN:'A gorgeous sumptuous read from a master storyteller.'HANNAH GOLD 'A light-filled, huge-hearted delight.' KATHERINERUNDELL  'Atmospheric, dreamy, charged with wonder and menace, loss,sorrow and delight.' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT 'Beautifully written, richly atmospheric and touchingly spiritual.’DAILY MAIL