Hana Tooke

Ema Vašková has always felt different. In a family of famous scientists, there's not much room for superstition or omens - but they seem to follow Ema wherever she goes. It doesn't help that she appears to predict events before they happen, and has a peculiar fear of shadows...When Ema is sent to stay with her eccentric uncle in Prague, she fears she'll lose the chance to ever fit in. But then she meets Silvie - a girl who finally sees Ema for the extraordinary person that she is. But then disaster strikes. Silvie goes missing - and it's up to Ema to find her.

In the autumn of 1886, Elinora Gassbeek, matron of the Little Tulip Orphanage discovers five new babies in most extraordinary circumstances: Those babies were Lotta, Egbert, Fenna, Sem and Milou. When a sinister gentleman appears and threatens to tear them apart, the gang decide to make a daring escape, fleeing the frozen canals of Amsterdam, with only a scrap of a clue to guide them. But is their real home - and their real family - already closer than they realise?