Also published by Macmillan Children’s Books
Straw into Gold: Fairy Tales Re-Spun
(Previously published in hardback as Hilary McKay’s Fairy Tales)
The Skylarks’ War
The Exiles trilogy
The Exiles
The Exiles at Home
Exiles in Love
First published 1991 by Victor Gollancz Ltd.
This electronic edition published 2019 by Macmillan Children’s Books
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ISBN 978-1-5290-1157-9
Copyright © Hilary McKay 1991
Cover illustration by Dawn Cooper
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