Bilan, Jasbinder: Naeli and the Secret Song

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