The Treasure Seekers

An inspirational new free-verse novel from the award-winning author of Digging for Victory (Firefly, May 2023).

November 1918. Stanley is convinced that the stained-glass window in the church that Martha’s late grandfather removed during the war is the protection the village needs to solve all its problems, including his mother’s sickness. But Martha refuses to help him search for the window panels, wanting to keep her beloved grandfather’s secrets safe. When Stanley becomes ill as well, Martha realises she must act to help him. She begins her search for the panels, even as her father struggles with his own inner-turmoil in the aftermath of the war. As the people who are most important to them suffer, Martha and Stanley step up their search. Can all the panels be found before it’s too late?

• Set in the aftermath of WWI Treasures of the Past examines themes of
  mental health, grief, class-divides and friendship with a sure but gentle
  touch.
• Digging for Victory was short-listed for The Week Junior Book Awards 2024
  ‘Breakthrough Book’ category and long-listed for the Yoto Carnegie Medal
  for Writing, Branford Boase Award and UKLA Book Awards 2024