Nicky Singer

An unforgettable standalone novel from Nicky Singer, author of the sensational, award-winning Feather Boy. Twelve-year-old Jess is grieving for her beloved Aunt Edie and anxiously awaiting the birth of her twin brothers when she finds a mysterious glass flask hidden in a desk. The flask is beautiful to Jess, and soon she starts to believe that it contains a magical...

Essential Modern Classics are relaunched in gorgeous new covers, bringing these timeless stories to a new generation. Feather Boy introduces us to Robert, a boy who can do anything—or so old Edith Sorrel at the nursing home tells him. Robert doesn't think that's true, knowing as he does that he is the school geek. But something compels him to do...