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Win a copy of The Secret of Meadow Hill Manor
Closing Date: 31st October 2026
A magical middle-grade adventure about grief, healing and hope.
Two years after her sister’s death, Amethyst is moving on, and Meadow Hill Manor is the place she now calls home.
With its stone floors, dusty tapestries and crackling fires, the manor has become a sanctuary. She has her Aunt Mina, her best friend, Gillian, and a flutter of magical butterflies for company.
Amethyst’s world is turned upside down when her mother insists she must leave Meadow Hill and return to London – a place that contains only memories and the empty spaces her sister used to fill.
Determined to find a way to stay, Amethyst turns to the butterflies for help, but butterfly magic can only be used to assist others. Perhaps if she can find the missing butterflies…
Delving deeper into the magic, Amethyst fights to stay at Meadow Hill but her journey leads to secrets and – as with magic – secrets cannot be silenced forever…
The Secret of Meadow Hill Manor by Stefanie Parks is published by The Book Guild | RRP £8.99
We are giving away five copies of The Secret of Meadow Hill Manor. For your chance to win, simply answer the following question:
What does a caterpillar make before becoming a butterfly?
a) A chrysalis
b) A nest
c) A web
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