{"product_id":"little-spark-9781838856557","title":"Little Spark","description":"\u003cp\u003eA secret cannot stay locked away forever\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBodkin Bell, orphan, pickpocket and survivor, doesn't know where she came from, but she knows she's different. Gaslights flare as she walks past. Cutlery spins. Shocks fly from her fingertips.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor years, she was 'Little Spark', the star of an electrifying sideshow - until the act went too far and she ended up in a London gaol.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow she's been offered a way out. A chance to serve at Point Mote, a vast, desolate house marooned on the misty Kent marshes. There, she will assist a reclusive family of cunning inventors in the creation of automata: miraculous, lifelike machines for which gentlemen collectors will pay handsomely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this house of wonders hides mysteries too. As Bodkin starts to question why she is really there, she unearths secrets that have been buried bone-deep for years - and a truth beyond all imagining. One that was never meant to be found.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Jess Kidd\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHistorical fiction\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 13 Aug 2026 by Canongate Books.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jess Kidd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320487682426,"sku":"9781838856557","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781838856557.jpg?v=1790654794","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/little-spark-9781838856557","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}