Leila and the Blue Fox: An enthralling, uplifting adventure story from the creators of JULIA AND THE SHARK

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Now it’s summer in the Arctic Circle and the bright, endless sun threatens to shine a light on the awkwardness between Leila and her mum. They have been shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize, the Little Rebels Prize, the Branford Boase Award, the Blue Peter Best Story Award, Costa Children's Book Prize, and Foyles' Children's Book of the Year, amongst others.

She’s a graduate of both Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and lives in Oxford with her husband and cats, in a house between a river and a forest. She has received many accolades and awards since she was first published in 2012 with Last March, a poetry collection.Leila’s mother is a Meteorologist and has found a new life that is paid well in Norway, somewhere that has welcomed her as a refugee, as a highly skilled female scientist - an opportunity that hadn’t seemed available to her in the UK. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. Together with her mom and the crew of other scientists, the girl sets off for an engaging, challenging, and dangerous trip. I loved the Paw prints edging the pages too)Amazing how this was based on the true story of Anna who actually did cross a continent.

The emotional mood of her story is perfectly matched by Tom de Freston’s beautiful and atmospheric illustrations.

Her work has been short- and long-listed for numerous major prizes including the Costa Award and the CILIP Carnegie Award, and her novel Julia and the Shark , illustrated by Tom de Freston, was shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize and named Waterstones Children's Gift of the Year.

Leaving the reader able to feel the icy purity of the artic as they breathe deep into the wonderful book. Her second standalone story, The Island at the End of Everything, was shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award and the Costa Children’s Book Award, and long listed for the CILIP Carnegie Medal.Unlike many other animal books, this novel stays true to life and respects the distance needed between humankind and the wild. from Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard Archipelago of Norway, to Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada.