Deal announcement: The Midwatch by Judith Rossell

We are so excited to share that Hardie Grant has acquired Judith Rossell’s long-awaited new middle-grade novel The Midwatch and to reveal the showstopping cover!

Banished to the Midwatch Institute for Orphans, Runaways and Unwanted Girls, Maggie Fishbone is sure she’s in for a life of drudgery. But she soon discovers there’s more to the Midwatch than meets the eye … ​​

The city shimmers with jewels and secrets, and when a woman goes missing, Maggie is thrust into an adventure that takes her deep underground, high above the clouds and face to face with danger itself.​

We can’t wait for the release of this wonderful and beautifully illustrated book in October!