Kumari - Goddess of Gotham

The first book in the exciting Kumari trilogy.

“Manhattan Mystery Girl!’ screamed the newspaper headlines.

New York is full of thirteen-year-old girls who think they’re goddesses. But Kumari is the real deal. And she doesn’t have a clue how she got there.

Kumari is a goddess-in-training who lives in a secret valley kingdom. She is destined to stay young forever, unlike people in the World Beyond. But Kumari longs to break out of her closeted life at the Palace, where her only real friend is a baby vulture, and there’s nothing to think about - except the mystery of her mother’s death.

It’s hard to kill a goddess, but someone did. And so Kumari steals away to the Holy Mountain, determined to summon Mamma back from the dead and to find out the truth.

But the next thing Kumari knows, she’s in Manhattan. Surrounded by strange buildings and even stranger people, and running for her life…

Appearing in the World Beyond: August 2007

‘A magnificent debut full of wit and humour. It’s wild, it’s wacky, it’s frightening and full of adventure…an unmissable treat.’
LOVEREADING4KIDS

‘Kumari is a great heroine – she’s feisty and determined but also sweet-natured and lovable.’
WRITEAWAY

‘This book is an original mix of fantasy and reality, and Kumari is a sweet, unusual and trend-setting new character.’
CHICKLISH

‘Very original…very imaginative.’
NEWS AND STAR

Kumari - Goddess of Secrets

Kumari is back from the World Beyond, but everything has changed. The palace is full of danger, her father is seriously ill and the Hidden Kingdom lies in crisis.

What’s a girl goddess to do? Kumari’s still struggling to gain her Powers, while her quest to avenge her beloved Mamma seems tougher than ever. And she’s missing her friends in New York – here she has none, except for her bolshie baby vulture, Badmash, and it seems she can trust no one.

When disaster strikes, Kumari has to work fast and in secret. Can she outwit the thieves of Happiness to save Papa and her people? Or will she have to sacrifice her own life for the kingdom she loves?

Kumari - Goddess of Destiny

Old enemies, new revelations – a thrilling climax to the Kumari trilogy

The Hidden Kingdom has been saved from disaster, so Kumari can finally concentrate on becoming a proper goddess. But an urgent message arrives from the World Beyond: her foster mother Ma is seriously ill, and Kumari must go to the rescue.

As her plane descends towards New York, Kumari wonders if her friends will still be there for her, and if Chico will have found some other girl. She soon discovers just how much has changed. Her school is now the focus of a reality TV show, and Kumari finds herself in the spotlight, and in terrible danger. Her old enemies are watching and are more powerful and ruthless than ever. Kumari faces an impossible dilemma. With a chance to avenge her beloved Mamma at last, must she renounce forever her friends, her freedom and her happiness?