The ice garden - Guy Jones

Tom's Midnight Gardenmeets The Secret
Garden in this mystical, classic-feeling adventure!

'A beautiful book that touches on friendship and the unbreakable
bond between a protective parent and her child.' THE
SUN

'Elegant, assured, sad and hilarious' GUARDIAN

Jess is allergic to the sun. She lives in a world of shadows and
hospitals, peeking at the other children in the playground from
behind curtains. Her only friend is a boy in a coma, to whom she
tells stories.

One night she sneaks out to explore the empty playground she's
longed to visit, where she discovers a beautiful impossiblity: a
magical garden wrought of ice.

But Jess isn't alone in this fragile, in-between place ...

• We're launching a startling debut talent into the middle-grade
  market in this classic-feeling magical-realist story, full
  of wonder and warmth.


• A tale of loneliness, friendship and the healing power
  of love, set between the real, contemporary world and world of
  ice and magic - sure to capture the imaginations of readers.


• Shadows of classics such asTom's Midnight GardenandThe
  Secret Garden, contemporary
  setting yet utterly timeless in feel and theme.