THE STORIES GRANDMA FORGOT (and how I found them)

 339pp., illus., paperback, London, 2023

Novel for children written in verse.

Twelve-year-old Nyla has been told that her father died when she was four. When Grandma Farida, who is losing her memory, insists she saw him in the supermarket and asks Nyla to bring him home, Nyla promises to find him.

"A beautiful read about love, family, identity and worth

Poet Nadine Aisha Jassat grew up in England with a Yorkshire mother and a Zimbabwean father. She is the author of the poetry collection Let Me Tell You This and the verse novel The Hidden Story of Estie Noor. She lives in Scotland.