Cosima Unfortunate Steals A Star

A spellbinding, epic and heart-racing adventure from an exceptional storytelling talent. (Cosima Unfortunate, Book 1)

Read by: Georgie Morrell

Author: Laura Noakes

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Format
Digital Audiobook

Age
6 - 8

Duration
07:07.32

Published: 25th May 2023

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Exciting, funny, moving - and featuring joyous and authentic disabled representation - Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star is a spellbinding middle-grade adventure.

Cosima has spent all her life at the Home for Unfortunate Girls, along with her best friends: Pearl, Mary and Diya. Cos longs for a real home and a real family. But when Cos finds out that famed explorer Lord Francis Fitzroy is planning to adopt them, she and her friends know something suspicious is afoot - and they make a plan. They're going to steal Fitzroy's prized tiara, containing the legendary Star Diamond of India!

But as the big day draws closer, Cos stumbles across a mysterious treasure map that might just reveal the one secret she's always wanted to know - the truth about her parents...

Exciting, warm, funny, moving, and featuring joyous and authentic disabled representation, be prepared to have your heart stolen by Cosima and friends.

Laura Noakes Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star is a top pick for children's historical fiction. The story's action-filled plot and its authentic representation of children with disabilities make it a standout in the genre of juvenile literature.

For fans of Katherine Rundell (The Explorer), Robin Stevens (Death Sets Sail), Katie Kirby (The Mega-Complicated Crushes of Lottie Brooks), Elisa Paganelli (The House with Chicken Legs), and L.D. Lapinski (The Biggest Christmas Secret Ever).

HarperCollins Children's 2023