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Naeli and the Secret Song | Jasbinder Bilan

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From the author of the Costa Award-winning Asha & the Spirit Bird comes a stunning new historical adventure ... 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

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Naeli and the Secret Song | Jasbinder Bilan

so-so

Jasbinder Bilan‘s standalone historical adventure for readers aged 9+ is a mixed affair. I liked the fact that this is a story about bi-racial children with Indian and English heritage as it‘s not something that gets covered a lot. Naeli is a plucky and determined character with a real gift for music and I liked her friendship with the confident Jack but the plot is episodic and for me missed emotional details that would have helped flesh it out.

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