Magpie Girl by Rowan Foxwood
Magpie Girl is a myth rich quest where Lavender, who grows feathers and speaks to birds, must help Kit find his missing father without freeing a wish granting firebird at all costs.
Rowan Foxwood author page
Rowan Foxwood biography
Rowan Foxwood is a lecturer in creative writing and holds a Masters in Writing for Children. Her writing is rooted in mythology, fairy tales and folklore, influences shaped by extensive travel in childhood.
Her debut middle-grade novel, Heartseer: The Tale of Anise Star (Usborne), follows Anise, a heart-seer who can perceive deities and daemons, in a quest with themes of friendship and care for the natural world. A German edition, Anis: Hüterin des Weißwaldes, has also been published.
Foxwood writes for Key Stage 2–3 readers and appears on Usborne’s approved school author events list for the 2024–25 academic year. Heartseer: The Tale of Anise Star is her first book for children.
January 2026 book club picks
January 2026’s book club includes titles by Smriti Halls, Nicola Davies, Ella McLeod, Javi De Castro, Craig Steele, Rowan Foxwood, Sufiya Ahmed, Rebecca Orwin, Emma Green, C. M. Lewis, Steve Cole, Monique Turner, Katie Bernet, Sarah Brill, and Sam Prentice-Jones.
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