Yaba Badoe

• Mar-2018
• / Fantasy
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*Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2018. *Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Award 2018. A powerful, haunting debut that steps seamlessly from the horrors of people-trafficking to the magic of African folklore. Sante was a baby when she was wash...

• Apr-2018
• / General Fiction
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The Secret of the Purple Lake is a collection of five interlinked stories that take us from Ghana to Orkney, and from Spain to Norway and Thailand. As a minor character from one story assumes a major role in the next, we meet a fascinating cast, incl...

• Apr-2019
• / Fantasy
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'She weaves ancient storytelling magic into words of exceptional beauty ... Everyone should read Badoe' Sophie Anderson, author of The House with Chicken Legs.

A leopard dances under the moon. A wolf prowls. A red-beaked bir...

• Oct-2021
• / Fantasy
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• Oct-2023
• / General Fiction
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WEEK JUNIOR'S BEST OLDER FICTION AWARD 2024

Illustrated in vibrant full-colour, a story of dance, celebration, carnival and slavery, about a family understanding their past to change the future.

Set in co...