House at the Edge of Magic
An instant New York Times bestseller. Hilarious and heartwarming magical middle grade adventure - for readers age 8, 9, 10, 11
«A Diana Wynne Jones-ish adventure fizzing with imagination. Such fun – I loved it!»
Sinead O'Hart
A funny and fast-paced middle grade fantasy adventure, packed full of zany humour and memorable characters, perfect for fans of Nevermoor and Greenwild.
"Sometimes you are a whisper away from magic without even realizing it."
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A funny and fast-paced middle grade fantasy adventure, packed full of zany humour and memorable characters, perfect for fans of Nevermoor and Greenwild.
"Sometimes you are a whisper away from magic without even realizing it."
Nine is an orphan pickpocket determined to escape her life in the Nest of a Thousand Treasures. When she steals a house-shaped ornament from a mysterious woman’s purse, she knocks on its tiny door and watches it grow into a huge, higgledy-piggeldy house. Inside she finds a host of magical and brilliantly funny characters, including Flabberghast – a young wizard who’s particularly competitive at hopscotch – and a hideous troll housekeeper who’s emotionally attached to his feather duster. They have been placed under an extraordinary spell, which they are desperate for Nine to break – and if she can, maybe they can offer her a new life in return…
"A Diana Wynne Jones-ish adventure fizzing with imagination. Such fun – I loved it!" – Sinead O'Hart
"A wonder-filled book that revels in magic and mayhem." – Abi Elphinstone
"Wildly imaginative and relentlessly entertaining. It is a story like no other and I absolutely adored it!" – David Walliams
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Walker Books Ltd
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 240
- ISBN
- 9781406395310
- Utgivelsesår
- 2021
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
Om forfatteren
Amy Sparkes studied English Literature and Theology at the University of Kent, and began writing after moving to Devon with her husband, six young children and an overactive imagination. Her books have appeared on CBeebies storytime and been shortlisted for several book awards, including the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and the BookTrust Best Books Awards for
Do Not Enter the Monster Zoo. She runs author events for children, writing workshops for aspiring children’s writers, produces the Writing for Children pages for bestselling
Writing Magazine, and writes short stories for
Aquila magazine. She co-founded the Writing Magazine Picture Book Prize for aspiring picture book authors.
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«A Diana Wynne Jones-ish adventure fizzing with imagination. Such fun – I loved it!»
Sinead O'Hart
«A wonder-filled book that revels in magic and mayhem.»
Abi Elphinstone
«The House at the Edge of Magic is wildly imaginative and relentlessly entertaining. It is a story like no other and I absolutely adored it!»
David Walliams
«A wonder of a book that zip, zaps and zooms off the page.»
Stacey Miller
«This energetic, inventive romp has a touch of the late, great Diana Wynne Jones.»
The Guardian