Book Of EchoesOver two hundred years ago in Africa, a woman tosses her young son to safety as she is hauled away by slavers. After a brutal sea passage, her second child, a baby girl, is snatched away. Although the woman doesn't know it yet, her spirit is destined to roam the earth in search of her lost children. Her spirit will make its way to modern day England, where she watches teenage Michael trying to stay out of trouble as riots spit and boil on the streets

magical illustrations from Jim Kay and weird

and is determined to make something of it

and inexorably shaping their hopes and dreams

A rich and evocative account of the life and work of Britain's favourite composer from one of our finest conductors

changing the world for the better as they go

Horrified by her recklessness

To err is human

and how to imagine a future in a world that ended before she was born

is just one of several miracles that allowed them all to survive and rebuild their lives after World War II

This is untold story of one of the greatest heroes of the Second World War

and a belly like Father Christmas

probably the greatest knight of the Middle Ages