Oksa Pollock: Tainted Bonds

Oksa Pollock's worlds are dying, and she faces her toughest challenge yet - to bring the earth, and her magical ancestral home of Edefia, back to life again. With the globe in the grip of chaos, only the power that Oksa inherits as Graciousness will be anywhere near enough to save it. But between her and hope lies her most wicked enemy - Ocious, the cause of all her family's heartbreak.

There are other things on her mind, too - her mother and her best friend Gus are trapped on the other side of the portal to Edefia, her almost-boyfriend Tugdual is behaving oddly, and her grandmother has been lost to them altogether. If Ocious is able to take someone else close to Oksa, the future of both worlds would be in greater danger than ever...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR

ANNE PLICHOTA was born in Dijon, France, and after studying Chinese language and culture spent several years living and working in Korea and China.

CENDRINE WOLF was born in the Alsace region of France. She studied sports, and went on to work with teenagers in deprived neighbourhoods.

Cendrine and Anne have been friends for almost two decades and have always wanted to find a project to work on together (including plans to open an English delicatessen in eastern France!). They are glad they finally found one.

'Feisty Oksa Pollock returns... gripping and delightful' - Lovereading

'A publishing fairytale... A winning mixture of jeopardy, heartbreak and fantasy' - Observer

Praise for the series

'Great fun' - Financial Times

'Combines action, excitement and new worlds' - Sun

'An adventure that rivals the Harry Potter books' - The Bookseller

'A magical adventure, with a wonderfully charismatic and inspiring heroine... Thrilling and enchanting' - Booktrust