You haven't seen Oma in years. Your mum and dad have kept her away, scared of something that happened when you were too young to remember. But then, they changed their minds. Once a month, they say, you can visit her once a month. And now, here she is: Oma. A stranger. Your grandmother. And she has a story to tell - are you ready?After years of estrangement, a teenager goes to stay with their grandmother. Thus begins a remarkable journey of rediscovery, as each month the grandmother tells the child a new story, linked to the mysteries hidden in their past. As the months pass and the seasons change, the two build a bond that will transform both their lives forever.



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/Moniack Mhor's Emerging Writer Award. Her first novel,  Bearmouth, won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Older Readers, the Branford Boase Award, and was The Times's Children's Book of The Year. Her most recent novel, The Twelve, won the Nero prize for children's books.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.



-Praise for The Twelve



The ancient past is rendered vividly in this book that is ideal for tweens and teens who love beachcombing for fossils



Dark, dreamy, surreal and beautiful. Liz Hyder is a sublime writer.



What a fabulous book. Hauntingly beautiful, this is such a special time slip story with themes of bullying, coming of age and courage. It's also a true love song to nature. With breathtaking art by Tom de Freston.



Channelling the dark menace of classic British fantasy writers such as Susan Cooper and Alan Garner, this is a beguiling tale of ancient magic, good and evil, deeply rooted in the Welsh landscape



Haunting and resonant



Just in case you were in any doubt, Liz proves herself the undisputed heir to Susan Cooper and Alan Garner with this utterly entrancing and haunting YA time slip adventure as Kit looks for a sister who appears to have not just vanished but never even existed, with magnificent illustrations by Tom de Freson. Liz's deep knowledge of folklore and uncanny ability to summon a sense of magic, unease and mystery from the most unexpected corners of the British landscape is so beautifully and deftly handled here, a masterclass in dark fantasy.



-Praise for Bearmouth



An extraordinary dystopian novel... compelling and original



One of the most vivid, tough, bold and gripping books I've read in a long time - and it's utterly original, the kind of story to carry you away



Like nothing I have read before... hand-in-mouth gripping... [Hyder] will become a household name and her books a curriculum staple



One of the most ambitious and darkly brilliant YA books I've read. It's provocative, tender, claustrophobic and epic. It blew my mind