Fugitive Pieces: Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction

Anne Michaels

Jakob Beer is seven years old when he is rescued from the muddy ruins of a buried village in Nazi-occupied Poland. Of his family, he is the only one who has survived. Under the guidance of the Greek geologist Athos, Jakob must steel himself to excavate the horrors of his own history. A novel of astoundi...

Sleeping Beauty (Peep Inside a Fairy Tale: Lift-the-Flap)

Anna Milbourne

Cursed at birth, Sleeping Beauty is destined to fall asleep for a hundred years on her sixteenth birthday. Can the good fairies, and true love's first kiss, save her? Delicate cutaways and holes to peep through are layered on top of each other to create a magical filigree effect, drawing children in to ...