From the author of the Costa Award-winning Asha & the Spirit Bird comes a stunning new
historical adventure … '[An] absorbing atmospheric 8+ historical adventure' THE GUARDIAN
Naeli loves her life in Hyderabad India yet she yearns to find her English father who left
when she was little. When a mysterious ticket arrives from England Naeli abandons her
familiar world to track him down. Armed only with her father’s name and cherished violin
she embarks on a bold adventure through Victorian London and beyond ... A stunning new
novel by bestselling author Jasbinder Bilan author of Asha & the Spirit Bird Tamarind &
the Star of Ishta and Aarti & the Blue Gods A gothic historical tale of family music and
mystery 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: 'This book is such a light-filled
huge-hearted delight of an adventure.' KATHERINE RUNDELL 'Satisfyingly classic in feel'
GUARDIAN 'A heartfelt and mystical children’s adventure story' TELEGRAPH ' Atmospheric
dreamy charged with wonder and menace loss sorrow and delight' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
