Author: Sparkes, Amy
Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage)
Published on 7 January 2021 by Walker Books Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of 'The House at the Edge of Magic' series.
Paperback | 240 pages
198 x 130 x 20 | 220g
'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 β a young wizard who's particularly competitive at hopscotch β 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 β and if she can, maybe they can offer her a new life in returnΒ¦'A Diana Wynne Jones-ish adventure fizzing with imagination. Such fun β I loved it!' β Sinead O'Hart'A wonder-filled book that revels in magic and mayhem.' β Abi Elphinstone'Wildly imaginative and relentlessly entertaining. It is a story like no other and I absolutely adored it!' β David Walliams