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Candy Gourlay

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Candy Gourlay is a Filipino author based in London. Her debut novel Tall Story won the Crystal Kite Prize for Europe and the National Book Award in the Philippines. It was nominated for the Carnegie Medal and shortlisted for 13 prizes including the Blue Peter, the Waterstones Prize and the Branford Boase. When she’s not blogging, Candy loves taking photographs and making videos. Shine is her second novel. www.candygourlay.com

Books by Candy Gourlay

Mike Falls Up

Mike is enjoying a lazy afternoon in the Chocolate Hills when the ground beneath him cracks open and his dog Bowow jumps into the hole. There’s no time to waste - Mike jumps in after him, and falls into the most topsy-turvy of adventures!

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Shine

'An irresistibly exotic story of family, friendship, ghosts and legends' Booktrust

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Tall Story

A warm, funny and moving novel that will have you in fits of laughter one minute and in tears the next.

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