By Hilary McKay (author) , Keith Robinson (illustrator)
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From the Costa Award-winning author of The Skylarks' War , comes the story of a young girl looking for magic in the world, and the feline family who help her to find it. With gorgeous black and white illustrations by Keith Robinson.
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 . . .
*Hilary McKay won the Costa Children's Book Award in 2018 with The Skylarks' War
'A star-filled story of courage, belonging and the particular magic of feline friends. A treasure of a tale, beautifully told .' - A.F. Steadman, NYT-bestselling author of the Skandar series
'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 charming Ghibli-esque tale of a girl whose only friends are cats. Surprising and magical in equal measures.' - M. G. Leonard, bestselling author of The Adventure on Trains Series, The Twitchers series, and The Ice Children
Hilary McKay won the Costa Children's Book Award for The Skylarks' War , the Guardian Fiction Prize for The Exiles, and the Smarties and the Whitbread Award for The Exiles in Love and Saffy's Ange l respectively. Hilary McKay's Fairy Tales was her first book with Macmillan Children's Books and is a critically acclaimed collection of clever retellings.
You can read her character Rose Casson's blog by clicking here - and Rose's tweets on the right hand side of this page.
Q & A with Hilary McKay What is your earliest childhood memory? Watching steam trains with my grandfather. He died before I was two years old, so that is a very early memory.
If you could be any animal, what would it be and why? Well, who could turn down the gift of flight? Or travel without luggage? Or a life spent following the sun? Without doubt, I would be a swallow. I realise this means a lifetime of eating flies, but I think it would be worth it.
What is your dream holiday destination? I would start at the Sangre de Cristo mountains in New Mexico and travel South through Central America, along the coast to Peru, then down through Chile across to the Falklands and on to Antarctica, which I would circumnavigate. Then I would travel North to New Zealand where I would spend a long time warming up and then across to Australia. I would spend quite a long time in Sydney and go up into the Blue Mountains (I might go sapphire hunting there) and then to the Great Barrier Reef (of course). That would be far enough for me.
What is your morning routine? Alas, I do not have a morning routine.
If you could have one special talent, what would it be? Singing, undoubtedly. That would make me the happiest. But I have a friend whose talent is languages and I envy that one very much.
Likes: Millions of things! Books, cats, honey, letters from readers (hint, hint), real music, apples, swimming in cold water, chocolate coated ginger biscuits, trees.
Dislikes: Putting things away, litter, loud TV, hot rooms, being told what to think.
3 words that best descibe me: Untidy, happy, hopeful!
A Secret that not many people know: I am a VERY slow reader!
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From the Costa Award-winning author of The Skylarks' War, comes the story of a young girl looking for magic in the world, and the feline family who help her to find it. With gorgeous black and white illustrations by Keith Robinson.Rosa lives in a world where she discovers there is magic.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Rosa by Starlight and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Rosa by Starlight features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Historical Fiction, Animal Stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fantasy, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Lives of children in the past, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Supernatural and mythological creatures, Recommendations, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Fantasy / Magical, History, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Mystery / Mythology
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Rosa by Starlight was written by Hilary McKay and published by Macmillan Children's Books an imprint of Pan Macmillan
Rosa by Starlight has 222 pages
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