The Time of Green Magic

Hilary McKay

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Macmillan
10 September 2019

From acclaimed author and Costa winner Hilary McKay comes The Time of Green Magic: a beautiful, spell-binding novel about new families, a magical old house and a mysterious cat . . . When Tom and Polly marry, blending their single parent families together, their children find it hard to relinquish their old lives. Max realizes his birth dad will never come home now, while Abi suddenly finds herself a middle child, expected to share far too much - especially with grubby little Louis. The family start over together, stretching their finances to the limit and renting an eerie, ivy-covered house, big enough for all of them. But when the children are alone there, strange things start to happen. Worried, Louis summons comfort from outdoors, and a startling guest arrives - is it a cat, or an owl, or something else? Abi reads alone, tumbling deep into books. Max loses his best friend and falls in love. Meanwhile, Louis' secret visitor is becoming much too real. And when Max and Abi too start to see the great spotted cat-thing that arrives in the night, it becomes a problem the three of them must find a way to solve - together. But where has the creature come from, and how will he get back?

By: Hilary McKay
Imprint: Macmillan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 166g
ISBN: 9781529019261
ISBN 10: 1529019265
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 10 September 2019
Recommended Age: From 9 to 11 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Author Website: http://www.hilarymckay.co.uk/

Hilary McKay won the Costa Children's Book Award for The Skylarks' War, the Guardian Fiction Prize for The Exiles, and the Smarties and the Whitbread Award for The Exiles in Love and Saffy's Angel respectively. Hilary McKay's Fairy Tales was her first book with Macmillan Children's Books and is a critically acclaimed collection of clever retellings.

Reviews for The Time of Green Magic

Picking up a book by Hilary McKay is like slipping on bed socks on a chilly night. She knows how to look after her readers by ensuring that her characters are interesting and loveable from the start . . . -- The Times on <i>The Skylarks' War</i>, selected as Children's Book of the Year Hilary McKay is one of the great writers of children's fiction -- Sarah Hughes * Independent * McKay couples warmth and grace with wry humour like nobody else out there -- Katherine Rundell * The Guardian * McKay is a superb writer -- Sally Morris * Daily Mail * wise and kind and utterly heart-wrenching and full of characters you will give your whole heart to -- Anna James Vivid, hilarious, and heartbreaking, Hilary McKay's radiant characters touch my heart like real people, friends and loved ones I know well. Possibly the finest writer of our time. -- Elizabeth Wein Hilary McKay has a rare gift for novels about families and their interplay. -- LoveReading4Kids