Author: Noakes, Laura
Interest age: from c 8 years
Published on 25 May 2023 by HarperCollins Publishers (HarperCollins) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Cosima Unfortunate' series.
Paperback | 304 pages, 10 b/w, illus
129 x 197 x 24 | 270g
Exciting, funny, moving “ and featuring joyous and authentic disabled representation “ Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star is a spellbinding middle-grade adventure.
Cosima has spent all her life at the Home for Unfortunate Girls, along with her best friends: Pearl, Mary and Diya. Cos longs for a real home and a real family. But when Cos finds out that famed explorer Lord Francis Fitzroy is planning to adopt them, she and her friends know something suspicious is afoot “ and they make a plan. Theyre going to steal Fitzroys prized tiara, containing the legendary Star Diamond of India!
But as the big day draws closer, Cos stumbles across a mysterious treasure map that might just reveal the one secret shes always wanted to know “ the truth about her parents¦
Exciting, warm, funny, moving, and featuring joyous and authentic disabled representation, be prepared to have your heart stolen by Cosima and friends.