Rosie Raja: Churchill’s Spy

Represented by:
Sophie Gorell Barnes

Category:
Children's, Fiction

Publisher:
Bloomsbury

Publication date:
August 4th, 2022

Foreign rights controlled by:
Bloomsbury

July, 1941. Rosina Raja is half-Indian and half-English. She has always lived in India, so when her mother passes away and she moves to England (where it rains all the time) she is miserable and doesn’t have any friends. Life changes dramatically for Rosie when she discovers that her army captain father is actually a spy for the British government. She can’t bear to be left behind so she stows away in his plane.

Finding herself in occupied France, Rosie is soon drawn into the struggle against the Nazis. With new allies and new enemies at every turn, she must help her father complete his mission, and more importantly. make sure they both get home alive.

A thrilling and empowering WWII adventure about the French resistance and their British allies, with a determined, Muslim heroine.

Brilliant Book Award 2024

Reviews

'A vivid and gripping, superbly told historical adventure.'
Sophie Anderson, author of The House With Chicken Legs

'I loved Rosie Raja by Sufiya Ahmed. Thrilling and full of adventure, secrets, spies, and betrayal! And with a beautifully diverse cast of characters.'
Dan Smith, author of She Wolf

"A gripping, action-packed and sensitively-told historical adventure.'
Rashmi Sirdeshpande, author of Dosh

One of Scott Evans', (The Reader Teacher) pick Children’s Books I’m Most Excited About August 2022