The Twelve

Liz Hyder, Tom de Freston, Tom de Freston

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English

Pushkin Press
26 May 2025

General fiction (Children's&YA); Fantasy & magical realism (Children's&YA); Historical fiction (Children's&YA); Kids

It's supposed to be a treat for Kit, a winter holiday by the coast with her sister Libby and their mum. But as the solstice moon rises high in the sky, Kit and Libby are drawn to a mysterious white tower, only to face disaster when Libby vanishes. The world has rewritten itself, leaving Kit to navigate a reality where her sister has never existed. Even their mum doesn't remember her.

But then Kit meets Story, a local boy who remembers Libby perfectly. He teams up with Kit and together they embark on a perilous journey fraught with dangers beyond their wildest imagination, crossing a world steeped in ancient folklore. Can Kit and Story uncover the secret of the Twelve and rescue Libby before Time itself vanishes?

By: Liz Hyder
Designed by: Tom de Freston
Illustrated by: Tom de Freston
Imprint: Pushkin Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9781782693987
ISBN 10: 178269398X
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 26 May 2025
Recommended Age: From 12 years
Audience: Young adult , Preschool (0-5)
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Liz Hyder has been making up stories ever since she can remember. She has a BA in drama from the University of Bristol and, in early 2018, won the Bridge Award/MoniackMhor's Emerging Writer Award.?Her first novel,?Bearmouth, won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Older Readers, the Branford Boase Award, and was TheTimes's?Children's Book of The Year. She has since written two acclaimed historical fiction novels for adults - TheGifts and TheIllusions - and is currently working on more ideas than she has time to write.? Tom De Freston is an artist based in Oxford with his wife, Kiran Millwood Hargrave. His practice is dedicated to the construction of multimedia worlds, combining paintings, film and performance into immersive visceral narratives.

Reviews for The Twelve

'Dark, dreamy, surreal and beautiful. Liz Hyder is a sublime writer.' - Katya Balen 'Eerie and beautiful, moving and magical - I loved it' - Hana Tooke