The Stranger’s Gift

Author: Tanya Landman

Interest age: from c 11 years

Published on 13 August 2026 by HarperCollins Publishers (Barrington Stoke Ltd) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 32 pages, 18 b/w, illus
198 x 129 | 70g

Award-winning author Tanya Landman delivers an engaging quick-read for struggling teen readers as one man’s cunning ruse transforms stone into soup.

Approaching a distant village on market day, a hungry man hopes to find food and a place to rest. But he’s an unwelcome arrival and the villagers refuse to help. Armed with just a single bowl and a stone he found along the road, he must rely on his resourcefulness and quick wit.

Will the stranger be able to win the locals over with his cunning plan?

Particularly suitable for readers aged 11+ with a reading age of 6.