A stunning, fully-illustrated story from the Costa Award-winning author of Asha & the Spirit Bird - perfect for readers 9 and up this Christmas. Swallow lives in pre-historic England, a tribe that communicates through fireside story and song. When her baby sister falls ill, she sets off a dangerous journey to find the cure: a precious jadeite stone. Across seas and mountains, meeting terrors and wonders on the way, her quest brings her a spirit animal in the form of a sabretooth tiger . A magical adventure story for ages 9 and up, for fans of Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Katherine Rundell A gorgeously foiled cover - perfect for Christmas gifting - and with illustrations from Sonia Albert Short chapters make this a brilliant choice for less confident readers Jasbinder Bilan is the winner of the Costa Book Award, The Indie Book Award and the Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition, and has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize PRAISE FOR JASBINDER BILAN: 'This book is such a light-filled, huge-hearted delight of an adventure.' KATHERINE RUNDELL 'Satisfyingly classic in feel' GUARDIAN 'A heartfelt and mystical children's adventure story' TELEGRAPH 'Atmospheric, dreamy, charged with wonder and menace, loss, sorrow and delight' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT.