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  • Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

  • Cosima Unfortunate, Book 1
  • Written by: Laura Noakes
  • Narrated by: Georgie Morrell
  • Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins

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Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star

Written by: Laura Noakes
Narrated by: Georgie Morrell
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Publisher's Summary

Exciting, funny, moving – and featuring joyous and authentic disabled representation – Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star is the middle-grade debut of 2023.

Cosima Unfortunate has spent all her life at the Home for Unfortunate Girls – a school where any disabled children, or children deemed different, are sent, whether their families want it or not. It is there that she meets her friends – Pearl, Mary and Diya – and they start to practise mini heists involving the theft of cakes, biscuits and other sweet goodies.

But when Cos finds out that Lord Francis Fitzroy, the explorer behind the Empire Exhibition, is planning to adopt them, she and her friends plot the biggest heist of their life. Instead of fondant fancies, they’re going to steal Fitzroy’s prized tiara, containing the legendary Star Diamond of India! But, as they start preparing for the day, Cosima finds herself drawing ever closer to discovering the one secret she’s always wanted to know – the truth about her parents…

©2023 Laura Noakes (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

What the critics say

"Full of adventure, warmth and rich historical detail." (Natasha Hastings)

"By stars, I loved this book. Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star is a rompy historical heist with a cast of furiously brilliant and disabled kids, alongside solving the mystery of who Cosima’s family are. Full of fun and memorable characters but also shines light on the way history has treated disabled children." (Lizzie Huxley-Jones, author of Vivi Conway and the Sword of Legend)

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