Looking for the perfect Christmas gift? Here’s a Tales Before Bedtime recommended bookish gift.

13 Treasures trilogy

by Michelle Harrison

Perfect for KS2 & KS3

Tanya has a secret.

She can see fairies.

But not the fairies we imagine.  These fairies cast spells on her, rousing her from her sleep and propelling her out of bed.  Disturbed by her daughter’s behaviour, Tanya’s mother sends her away to live with her grandmother at Elvesden Manor, a secluded countryside mansion on the outskirts of town.

There an old photograph leads Tanya to an unsolved mystery.  Fifty years ago a girl vanished in the woods. a girl Tanya’s grandmother will not speak of.  Tanya is determined to find the truth, but as she unearths more secrets she finds herself dangerously close to following in the missing girl’s footsteps…

And so begins an exciting, pageturning series from one of my favourite children’s authors.

You can follow Michelle on twitter at @MHarrison13

13 Treasures is published by Simon & Schuster