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The Seeker and the Shade

Ellen Osborne

Osborne won the 2024 Guppy Open Submission Competition with this romance about Jasper and Connie, who are pledged to each other in the roles of caster and seeker at Blackwood, where they learn how to fight the deadly Shade that is threatening to take over the land.

Guppy Publishing Ltd, £8.99, 14 May 2026, 9781916558724

Children's Fiction 12-16

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