Wishing for Tomorrow

by Hilary McKay (author)

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- 9780340956540
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- 320 pages

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An enchanting brand new sequel to the classic story A Little Princess, written by Whitbread Award winner Hilary McKay. Sara Crewe has left Miss Minchin’s Seminary for Young Ladies, and is living happily ever after. But back at the school, Sara is much missed – most of all by her best friend Ermengarde, who laments that ‘nothing is the same as it was before’. But all the same, life must go on at Miss Minchin’s. And in the course of this book, new friendships are made, old rivalries are escalated, vital lessons are learned, and – most importantly of all – more fairytale endings come true!

“This charming novel is a real treat” Nicolas Tucker, The Independent

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Hilary McKay

Hilary McKay was born in Boston, Lincolnshire and is the eldest of four girls. From a very early age she read voraciously and grew up in a household of readers. Hilary says of herself as a child “I anaesthetised myself against the big bad world with large doses of literature. The local library was as familiar to me as my own home.”

After reading Botany and Zoology at St. Andrew’s University Hilary then went on to work as a biochemist in an Analysis Department. Hilary enjoyed the work but at the same time had a burning desire to write. After the birth of her two children, Hilary wanted to devote more time to bringing up her children and writing so decided to leave her job.

One of the best things about being a writer, says Hilary, is receiving letters from children. She wishes that she had written to authors as a child, but it never occurred to her to contact them!

Hilary has written many books but is probably best known for the award-winning Casson family series. She also writes the Charlie books for younger readers, and her latest project is Wishing for Tomorrow, a sequel to Frances Hodgson Burnett’s A Little Princess.

Hilary now lives in a small village in Derbyshire with her family. When not writing Hilary loves walking, reading, and having friends to stay.