Andrea Eames

Everyone in Foss Butcher’s village knows what happens when the magic-workers come; they harvest human hearts to use in their spells. That’s just how life in her kingdom works. But Foss, plain, clumsy, and practical as a boot, never expected anyone would want hers.

Elise loves the farm that is her home; she loves playing with beetles and chameleons in the garden, buying sweets from the village shop and listening to the stories of spirits....

Tinashe is a young Shona boy living in a small village in rural Rhodesia. When his younger sister, Hazvinei, is born, Tinashe knows at once that there is something special about her....