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Harklights
Wick has always lived in the dark and dreadful Harklights Match Factory and Orphanage, working tirelessly for greedy Old Ma Bogey. He only dreams of escaping, until one day a bird drops something impossible and magical at his feet - a tiny baby in an acorn-shaped cradle...
As midnight chimes, Wick is visited by the Hobs, miniature protectors of the forest. Grateful for the kindness shown to their stolen child, they offer Wick the chance of a lifetime - escape from Harklights and begin a new life with them in the wild...
(Usborne Books 2021)
Winner of the Joan Aiken Future Classics Prize
Waterstones Children’s Book of the Month - May 2021
Silver Winner in the Junior Design Awards 2021 for Best Childrens Book 6+
Shortlisted for the Shropshire Bookfest Big Book Award 2022
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Witchstorm
Another nature adventure set in the same story world as Harklights.
"A charming fairytale adventure with an enduring ecological message"
Peter Bunzl, author of Cogheart.
“The spirit of Joan Aiken lives on in this magical adventure of little folk and wood sprites taking on smoke-stained Victorian villainy”
Piers Torday, author of The Last Wild
“Harklights swept me away on an enchanting adventure”
Nizrana Farook, author of The Girl who stole an Elephant
“Harklights simply glows with magic”
Sophie Kirtley, author of The Wild Way Home
