My Debut Novel - Asha And The Spirit Bird |
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'Immerse yourself in a lush world of spirit birds and mango trees, snow leopards and majestic mountains, in a sumptuous and sizzling debut...a colourful story guaranteed to the win the hearts and minds of MG readers.' - Lancashire Post - 05.02.19
'Fantastic debut...uplifting adventure...fire and fury...Bilan creates a vivid world.' - Alex O'Connell - The Times Review Children's Book Of The Week - 02,03,19 |
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Bilan's story is an eye-opening adventure with one-sandalled foot in atmospheric realism and a toe-hold in the mythical.' - Kitty Empire - Observer Review Sunday - 13.01.19
'An evocative debut...weaves ancient Hindu beliefs into a fast-past quest...satisfyingly classic in feel.' - Imogen Russell-Williams - Guardian - Books Of The Month - 25.01.19 |
Asha And The Spirit Bird is aimed at readers aged 9 years+. It's an adventure story with a magical twist set in Northern India. The story follows eleven-year old Asha, who is empowered with spiritual connections to her grandmother, as she journeys through the wild and dangerous Himalayas with her best friend Jeevan.
Can they find Asha's missing papa in the city of Zandapur and return home before creditors take everything her family ever worked for? And is the lamagaia that Asha keeps seeing really her grandmother's spirit guiding her, or is it just a mountain bird as Jeevan keeps saying?
Can they find Asha's missing papa in the city of Zandapur and return home before creditors take everything her family ever worked for? And is the lamagaia that Asha keeps seeing really her grandmother's spirit guiding her, or is it just a mountain bird as Jeevan keeps saying?
More praise for Asha And The Spirit Bird
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Magical realist writing at its finest...the kind of writing with an ethereal glow that makes you look at the world around you differently. Pick it up as soon as you can...it's a let your bath go cold, miss your bus-stop kind of read.' - Asha, a cat, a cup of tea - Book Blogger. 'I was sobbing in bed last night because of it.' - Amy Golden - Book Girl. 'What an adventure - Full of gorgeous detail.' - Amy Wilson author of Snowglobe. 'With one foot in a deeply spiritual reality and the other in an enchanted, magical world, every page is a feast for the senses.' - Julia Thum - Book Blogger - My Bookshelf. 'All the ingredients of a fantastic story.' - Dr Lucy Christopher, MA tutor WYP Bath Spa author of Flyaway, Stolen, The Killing Woods and Stormwake. 'High stakes set against a vividly evoked setting, steeped in wild mysticism. I was swept along by Asha's story from the first page.' - Sarah Driver author of The Huntress Trilogy. |
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