The Dark Lady

A natural storyteller with a vision of his own, THE DARK LADY, Akala's debut novel for teens will enthuse and entertain teenagers and young adults, showing that reading is a true super-power. A PICKPOCKET WITH AN EXCEPTIONAL GIFT A PRISONER OF EXTRAORDINARY VALUE AN ORPHAN HAUNTED BY DREAMS OF THE MYSTERIOUS DARK LADY Henry is an orphan, an outsider, a thief. He is also a fifteen-year-old invested with magical powers ... This brilliant, at times brutal, first novel from the amazing imagination that is Akala, will glue you to your seat as you are hurled into a time when London stank and boys like Henry were forced to find their own route through the tangled streets and out the other side.

Product details

• Authors: Akala
• Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 13 to 17
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781444942972
• ISBN: 978-1-4449-4297-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Black Stories Matter
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Young people's books from 12 years of age; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Orphans & Foster Homes, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Poetry, Interest age: from c 12 years, For National Curriculum Key Stage 3 (England and Wales), For National Curriculum Key Stage 3, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Poetry (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage: Poetry, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Historical / Renaissance, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Music / Rap & Hip Hop