London is cold and grey and the neighbours are noisy and there’s concrete everywhere.

But Leelu is not alone; someone is leaving her gifts outside her house – wonders which give her curious magical powers.

Powers which might help her find her way home . . .

Fly Me Home is an incredibly moving portrait of one family’s struggle to adjust to life in a new country. Full of friendship, family and magic, this stunning novel by Polly Ho-Yen, author of Boy in the Tower (shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book Award) and Where Monsters Lie. 

 

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A delightful story featuring a Somali boy and his class on a school trip to the seaside. The beautiful and vibrant illustrations by Karin Littlewood depict the diversity in modern city classrooms.

This book was made with the Somali community in Harrow and several local schools. Children and adults helped develop the story and the children were involved at every stage of production, from the initial raw story and rough illustrations, through the editing process to the published book.