Kit De Waal

• Aug-2026
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The unforgettable story of a Black woman who creates her own chosen family after tragedy, in a ???warm and wise??? tale (Observer UK) of the enduring power of a mother???s love.When Paulette arrived on English shores as a young girl, she left behind ...

• Apr-2025
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• Aug-2022
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• Aug-2020
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• Jul-2019
• / Mystery
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In her first YA novel, Costa-shortlisted Kit de Waal responds to classic Moby Dick by tearing the power away from obsessive Captain Ahab and giving it to a teenage girl. Dinah's whole world is upside down, dead things and angry men and cuts all over...

• Apr-2018
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A heart-wrenching love story from the internationally bestselling author of My Name Is Leon Mona is a young Irish girl in the big city, with the thrill of a new job and a room of her own in a busy boarding house. On her first night out ...

• Feb-2018
• / Literary
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It's an exciting day for Timothy Flowers. It's the third of November, and it's Friday, and it's his twenty-first birthday. When Timothy walks to his usual street corner to see his favourite special bus, he meets Charlie. Charlie is a builder who is d...

• Aug-2016
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For fans of The Language of Flowers, a sparkling, big-hearted, page-turning debut set in the 1970s about a young black boy’s quest to reunite with his beloved white half-brother after they are separated in foster care. Leon loves chocolate bars,...