Rosa By Starlight
Hilary McKay
Illustrated by Keith Robinson
Ages 9 to 11
10 July 2025Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
Synopsis
'A star-filled story of courage, belonging and the particular magic of feline friends. A treasure of a tale, beautifully told.' - A.F. Steadman, NYT-bestselling author of the Skandar series
From the Costa Award-winning author of The Skylarks' War, comes the story of a young girl looking for magic in the world, and the feline family who help her to find it....
Details
10 July 2025240 pages
9781529074581Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
Reviews
A wistful, comforting treasure of a story destined to become a classic.Emma Carroll, bestselling award-winning author of Letters to the Lighthouse
Beautiful, captivating, such a joy to read I didn't want it to end!Sophie Anderson, bestselling author of The House with Chicken Legs and The Snow Girl
A magical story, beautifully told and illustrated too. With cats and Venice and – at the end – kindness.Tom Palmer
Even in the darkest of times, there are cats and magic and starlight! This is a book to be treasured - I loved it.Lucy Strange, author of Our Castle By The Sea and The Island at the Edge of the Night
