Awe-inspiring true stories, heart- Following her stunning debut School stopping adventures tackling urgent for Nobodies, Susie Bower’s The Three environmental issues, spectacular Impossibles constructs a spellbinding New titles fantasy worlds: there is so much to world of magic and intrigue, as a discover in our list for the first half of curious young girl tries to discover the 2021. truth of an old family curse. First up we have The Elephant, a Finally, the latest True Adventures deeply sensitive and moving story take us all over the world, from about a young girl’s efforts to help her uprisings in India to battles in the US father through his depression, which Civil War, bringing to life the exciting appears as an elephant that shadows stories of real-life pioneers and his every step. revolutionaries. We’re thrilled to be publishing a new novel by the highly acclaimed, multi- award-winning Ele Fountain. Melt is the fast-paced story of two young people whose worlds collide in surprising ways in the Arctic tundra. THE ELEPHANT a sarah odedina book MELT a sarah odedina book PETER CARNAVAS ELE FOUNTAIN

A sensitive, moving story of loss, family and mental health A breathless adventure of courage and survival in a warming climate

A large grey elephant is following Olive’s A boy lives in a remote, snow-bound father around. It leaves with him for work village with his elderly grandmother. Their and is still trailing behind him when he traditional way of life is threatened by the comes home again, keeping him heavy and changing snow and ice: it melts faster sad. Every day, Olive wishes it would go. every year. When the sea-ice collapses while he is out hunting, he only just When she falls from a tree and gets a escapes with his life and is left stranded in concussion, Olive awakes to see a grey the Arctic tundra. tortoise walking behind her grandad. With the help of her friend Arthur she manages Meanwhile a girl is trying to adapt to to get rid of it, and the three decide to try another new school. Her father promises to chase the elephant away, too. his new job at an oil company will mean they never have to move again, but not Fully illustrated by the author in black & long after he starts, his behaviour white becomes odd and secretive. When their fates take a drastic turn, the girl’s world peter carnavas’s career as a primary collides with the boy’s and they find school teacher inspired him to embrace his themselves together in a desperate search passion for children’s literature. He is the for survival, and for the truth. author of several award-winning picture books. The Elephant is his first novel. Peter Also available from Pushkin Children’s: ele fountain worked as an editor in lives on Australia’s Sunshine Coast with his children’s publishing where she helped ‘A delicate, lovely story about caregiver family, a dog called Florence and a cat launch and nurture the careers of many depression that will validate and empower named Harry. bestselling authors. Ele’s debut novel, Boy readers’ Kirkus Reviews 87, won four awards and was nominated for nine more. She lives in Hampshire with her husband and two daughters.

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THE THREE IMPOSSIBLES a sarah odedina book SUSIE BOWER

An enchanting story of a curious girl and a family curse

Mim grew up surrounded by secrets. On the day she was born, her mother died and a mysterious curse was cast on her family. Ever since, she’s been isolated in a walled castle, forbidden from venturing to the Outside.

But Mim has never been able to stop asking questions – and when her father enlists the suspicious Madame Marionette to train her in the art of being a princess, her curiosity only gets more intense.

Determined to understand, Mim sets out on an epic adventure in which she will break all the rules, encounter strange creatures and use all her cunning to solve impossible problems.

By the time she hit her teens, susie Also available from Pushkin Children’s: bower had lived in 8 houses and attended 7 schools. This theme continued in her working life: she’s been a teacher, a tour-guide, a typist, a PA and a painter. She won a BAFTA award for her work on TV programmes at the BBC and Channel 4. Her debut novel, School for Nobodies, is also available from Pushkin Children’s.

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pushkin children’s january–june 2021 SWORDSWOMAN!: THE QUEEN OF THE FLAG NEVER TOUCHED THE JHANSI IN THE INDIAN UPRISING OF 1857 GROUND: AMERICA’S BRAVE BLACK DEVIKA RANGACHARI REGIMENT IN BATTLE KEKLA MAGOON The thrilling true story of a legendarily tough Indian Queen The story of an all-black regiment fighting in the Civil War

Queen Lakshmibal of of Jhansi was an In 1863, the US Civil War was raging. unconventional queen. She could read and Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation write; she rode a horse and wielded a Proclamation had freed over 3.5 million sword; she trained other women to ride African-American slaves, and now the and fight alongside her. When the East Union Army began to recruit a second India Trading Company, who ruled India in all-black regiment of soldiers to join the the 19th century, demanded that she hand fight. over control of Jhansi, she refused. As the struggle against the Confederate And when an uprising began to stir in 1857, South raged on, the newly-formed 54th and the British laid siege to her fortress, Massachusetts battalion prepared to attack the warrior queen tied her infant son to her the seemingly impregnable fortress of Fort back, mounted her favourite horse, and Wagner. The odds were heavily against escaped to raise an army. them; the fort had never been taken. America was watching them – and when the This is the story of a woman who defied all bugle sounded they marched towards the conventions to become an icon of guns, flag held high. resistance in colonial-era India. An author, speaker and writing teacher, dr devika rangachari is an award- kekla magoon has been longlisted for winning writer whose book, Queen of Ice the National Book Award, received an (Duckbill), was on the White Raven list, NAACP Image Award, and two Coretta Scott won the Neev Young Adult Book Award King Awards. She initially studied history at and has been optioned to be made into a Northwestern University in the US, and movie/TV series. loves to uncover the stories of the brave and creative people who have come before us.

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pushkin children’s january–june 2021 pushkin children’s january–june 2021 THE BLACK PIMPERNEL: NELSON THE FOG OF WAR: MARTHA GELLHORN MANDELA ON THE RUN AT THE D-DAY LANDINGS ZUKISWA WANNER MICHELLE JABÈS CORPORA The heart-stopping true story of Mandela’s early years on the run One woman’s perilous journey to report from the heart of the war

In March 1961, after giving a brief speech at Martha Gellhorn was one of the world’s a conference, Nelson Mandela vanished. greatest war correspondents. She wrote for Collier’s magazine, which could only send For the next eighteen months he was an one journalist to cover the invasion of outlaw, living under assumed identities France in June 1944. When Ernest and in various disguises (sometimes as a Hemingway – Gellhorn’s estranged chauffeur, sometimes a gardener) as the husband and the most famous writer in the South African police and secret services, world – offered his services, they took away helped by MI5 and the CIA, sought him in Gellhorn’s pass and gave it to him. vain. His mission? To undergo military training and set up armed resistance to Undeterred, the night before the invasion apartheid. she blagged her way on to a hospital ship and locked herself in the lavatory until it A South African writer of children’s and was too late to send her back. She worked adult’s books, zukiswa wanner was as a nurse on board, treating both Allied and included on the 2014 Africa39 list of 39 German casualties before going ashore with writers likely to shape the narrative of the soldiers, filing her brilliant reports from literature. In 2020, she was one of the the scene of the battle. recipients of the Goethe medal, making her the first African woman to win this michelle jabès corpora is American award. Her latest children’s book is Africa: and based in the US. She has written five A True Book, a journey though the history, adventures for the world-famous Nancy geography and contemporary culture of Drew Diaries and Hardy Boys series. She has the continent. She has written for the a Masters of Arts in Children’s Literature Observer (UK), New York Times, Mail and from Hollins University. She has always Guardian (SA), The Nation (Kenya) and New been excited by history, and her middle- African. grade historical novel, A Thimbleful of Hope, is forthcoming from Penguin.

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pushkin children’s january–june 2021 pushkin children’s january–june 2021 THE GIRL WHO SAID NO TO THE MYSTERIOUS LIFE OF THE NAZIS DR BARRY HAYDN KAYE LISA WILLIAMSON

Nazi Germany. 1942. As World War Two rages, Sophie 1800. London. Margaret Anne Bulkley desperately Scholl reunites with her beloved brother Hans in wants to be a surgeon – but only men can train as Munich. Soon she meets his young student friends. doctors. Like her, they can take no more of the war. Fifty years later, Dr James Barry is famous, serving as Then leaflets calling for a revolt against Hitler start Inspector General of Hospitals throughout the British appearing, put out by a mysterious group called The Empire. A brilliant surgeon, bold reformer and prickly White Rose. Who are these people? No one knows. individual known for his fierce temper, he fought a But the Gestapo is determined to hunt them down - duel in South Africa and clashed with Florence and suddenly Sophie finds herself in the most terrible Nightingale in the Crimea. format: B-format dimensions: 198 x 129mm danger. format: B-format dimensions: 198 x 129mm Paperback extent: 160pp Paperback extent: 144pp price: £6.99 territory: World price: £6.99 territory: World But Dr Barry has a secret that he is determined no one isbn: 9781782692751 reading age: 8+ years isbn: 9781782692782 reading age: 8+ years should ever learn… publication: Aug 2020 publication: Nov 2020

QUEEN OF FREEDOM BANDIT’S DAUGHTER CATHERINE JOHNSON SIMON MASON

1720. Blue Mountains, windward Jamaica. High Ancient China, one thousand years ago. It began above the army camps and plantations of the British with a duel. When General Yang wanted to get rid of a Empire, a group of ex-slaves – called Maroons – are troublesome bandit, he sent his fiercest warrior: his building a new home for themselves. son, Captain Zongbao. But on his way through the forest to find the outlaw, Zongbao unexpectedly When British soldiers enter the forests to hunt them encountered the bandit’s teenage daughter, Mu down, one of the Maroons will lead the fight against Guiying – who challenged him to unarmed combat. them - Queen Nanny, a ‘wise woman’ with a reputation And she beat him. for ancient obeah magic, and a guerrilla fighter of genius. Under her generalship, her people will make a The fight launched Mu Guiying’s astonishing journey do-or-die defence of their freedom. from fearless outcast to the great defender of her format: B-format dimensions: 198 x 129mm format: B-format dimensions: 198 x 129mm Paperback extent: 128pp Paperback extent: 160pp country, as she masterminded the Chinese defence price: £6.99 territory: World price: £6.99 territory: World against the invading horsemen from the north. isbn: 9781782692799 reading age: 8+ years isbn: 9781782692737 reading age: 8+ years publication: Aug 2020 publication: Nov 2020

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WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU a sarah odedina book MANGOES KEREEN GETTEN An affecting, deeply atmospheric middle-grade debut set in Jamaica

Nothing much happens in Sycamore, the small village where Clara lives – at least, that’s how it looks. She loves eating ripe mangoes fallen from trees, running outside in the rainy season and escaping Recent to her secret hideout with her best friend Gaynah. There’s only one problem – she can’t remember anything that happened last summer.

When a quirky girl called Rudy arrives from England, everything starts to change. Gaynah stops acting like a best friend, while Rudy and Clara roam across the highlights island and uncover an old family secret. As the summer reaches its peak and the island storms begin, Clara’s memory starts to return and she must finally face the truth of what happened last year.

kereen getten grew up in Jamaica where ‘A brilliant and beautifully crafted tale... I she would climb fruit trees in the family loved it!’ Sophie Anderson, author of The garden and eat as much mango, guinep and House with Chicken Legs pear as she could without being caught. She now lives in Birmingham with her family and writes stories about her childhood experiences.

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pushkin children’s january–june 2021 VICTOR THE WANDERER JACQUES & LISE PETER VAN DEN ENDE

A hunter dreams he is a cheetah – and decides to change his ways The stunning wordless story of a brave little boat’s voyage

One night, a hunter dreams he is a cheetah A little boat sets out to sea and begins its on the savannah, being hunted himself... voyage toward home. To get there it must When he wakes up, he doesn’t want to be a travel across many strange, beautiful hunter any more, but how can he make oceanscapes, full of fantastic creatures and amends for all the hunting he has done? deadly monsters, swept by terrifying storms and sailed by mysterious ships. Can the jacques & lise are an award-winning Wanderer pick a path through all these perils Belgian creative duo who produce beautiful to a safe harbour? picturebooks together. When peter van den ende is not drawing, Translated by: Laura Watkinson he works as a nature guide on the Cayman Islands. The beauty of the sea was his source of inspiration for The Wanderer.

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pushkin children’s january–june 2021 pushkin children’s january–june 2021 ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND THE QUEEN, THE PRINCES & THE and THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS MERMAID LEWIS CARROLL & FLOOR RIEDER HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN A gorgeous, full-colour-illustrated edition of this timeless classic A beautiful gift edition of Andersen’s most enchanting tales

A sister struggles to break the spell that has turned her ten brothers into swans; a mermaid leaves her underwater world behind for love; a girl journeys across unknown lands to rescue her friend from the clutches of the Snow Queen, who has imprisoned his heart in ice.

The five renowned tales in this collection are some of the most magical and inspiring to spring from Hans Christian Andersen’s rich imagination.

Stunning black-and-white illustrations This new edition contains the texts of both throughout. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking Glass in a Contains: ‘The Snow Queen’, ‘The Wild beautiful, clothbound flipped book – Swans’, ‘The Nightingale’, ‘The Little illustrated throughout in glorious colour. Mermaid’, ‘The True-Hearted Tin Soldier’. Floor Rieder’s gorgeous drawings are an original and fresh imagining of Alice’s hans christian andersen (1805–1875) topsy-turvy world. was born in Odense, Denmark, the son of a poor shoemaker. The king helped to pay floor rieder is a highly acclaimed, for his education, enabling him to become award-winning Dutch illustrator. a short-story writer, novelist and playwright.

Translated by: Misha Hoekstra

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18 pushkin children’spushkin january–june children’s 20212016 pushkin children’s january–june 2021 THE DEEP BLUE BETWEEN a sarah odedina book RED STARS AYESHA HARRUNA ATTAH DAVIDE MOROSINOTTO

A teen feminist epic of love, courage and determination A thrilling wartime adventure packed with exciting visual elements

Twin sisters Hassana and Husseina are torn Leningrad, 1941. The twins Viktor and Nadya apart after a brutal raid on their village. are twelve years old when Hitler’s This tragedy will set them on a voyage to Germany declares war on the Soviet unfamiliar cities and cultures where they Union. All the city’s children are evacuated will forge new families, ward off dangers on trains that are meant to take them to and begin to truly know themselves. safety, but first Viktor and Nadya are separated, then disaster befalls them both. As the twins pursue separate paths in So begins a desperate race across snow Brazil and the Gold Coast of West Africa, and ice as one of history’s most terrible they remain connected through their conflicts rages. Can the twins find a path shared dreams. But will they ever manage through the destruction all around, to find to find each other again? each other and their family once again?

A rich, sweeping historical adventure, The Red Stars is a thrilling tale of courage, Deep Blue Between is a moving story of the bravery and love, in the face of the most unbreakable bonds of sisterhood. terrifying danger imaginable.

ayesha harruna attah is a Ghanaian- Fully illustrated in two colours throughout. born writer living in Senegal. She was educated at Mount Holyoke College, davide morosinotto was born in a Columbia University and New York small town in the hills of Northern . University. She is the author of three His debut novel La Corsa Della Bilancia ‘Uplifting… sizzles with sister-love and novels for adults, and her writing has ‘A stunning graphic layout... An won the Mondadori Junior Award, and magic. What an incredible story-teller!’ appeared in the New York Times, New York extraordinary children’s writer, able to since then he’s written 27 books for Yaba Badoe, author of A Jigsaw of Fire and Times Magazine, Elle Italia and the 2010 bring to life like no other the great children and young adults. His books have Stars Caine Prize Writers’ Anthology. This is her moments in history’ Gazzetta di Modena been translated into 16 languages. first book for teen readers. Translated by: Denise Muir

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pushkin children’s january–june 2021 pushkin children’s january–june 2021 I HATE READING a sarah odedina book BETH BACON

A bold, cheeky love song to the joys of books, for reluctant readers Backlist

OK. So we all know reading is hard. And boring. Want to know how to get out of it? highlights

If someone’s nagging you to open a book, grab this one! Inside you’ll find perfect tips on how to fool people into thinking you’re reading. You may even find yourself reading to the end after all…

beth bacon is an author of children’s books and a high school French teacher. Her books bring humour to the experience of struggling readers.

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