Oksa Pollock: Guardian children's books podcast
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Oksa Pollock is a best-selling French teen book series about a girl with magical powers – it's being called the French Harry Potter. The series of six is finally being translated into English, with the second book The Forest of Lost Souls just out after the success The Last Hope. Authors Anne Pichota and Cendrine Wolf talk to Michelle Pauli about their remarkable journey from librarians to best-selling novelists
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Published 04/29/16
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Published 04/07/16
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Published 03/15/16
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