Edinburgh is a city filled with magical creatures. No one can see them... until Ramya Knox.
As she is pulled into her family's world of secrets and spells, Ramya sets out to discover the truth behind the Hidden Folk with only three words of warning from her grandfather: Beware the Sirens.
Plunged into an adventure that will change everything, Ramya is about to learn that there is more to her powers than she ever imagined.
Praise for A Kind of Spark:
Waterstones Children's Book of the Year 2021
The Blue Peter Book Award for Best Story
Blackwell's Book of the Year 2020
This is Book 1 in the Like A Charm Series. See all Like A Charm books here.
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Elle McNicoll is a debut children's author from Scotland, now living in East London. As a neurodivergent writer, she is passionate about disability rights and representation and assists as a mentor for neurodivergent students at UCL. When she isn't writing fiction, she works as an editor and in her spare time, makes colourful chokers for friends to wear. A K
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