Wundersmith
On sale
26th November 2018
Price: £21.99
Step boldly and return to the fantastically Wundrous world of Morrigan Crow and Nevermoor – perfect for all adventurous young readers.
Morrigan may have defeated her deadly curse, passed the dangerous trials and joined the mystical Wundrous Society, but her journey into Nevermoor and all its secrets has only just begun. And it’s important to remember that not all magic is used for good . . .
Jessica Townsend transports readers to an extraordinary world with spellbinding magic in this second book in the internationally bestselling and award-winning Nevermoor series.
NEVERMOOR – WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN’S BOOK PRIZE 2018 YOUNGER FICTION CATEGORY AND RED MAGAZINE’S BIG BOOK ‘BEST CHILDREN’S BOOK (7-12)’ AWARD
(P) Hachette Children’s Group 2018
Morrigan may have defeated her deadly curse, passed the dangerous trials and joined the mystical Wundrous Society, but her journey into Nevermoor and all its secrets has only just begun. And it’s important to remember that not all magic is used for good . . .
Jessica Townsend transports readers to an extraordinary world with spellbinding magic in this second book in the internationally bestselling and award-winning Nevermoor series.
NEVERMOOR – WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN’S BOOK PRIZE 2018 YOUNGER FICTION CATEGORY AND RED MAGAZINE’S BIG BOOK ‘BEST CHILDREN’S BOOK (7-12)’ AWARD
(P) Hachette Children’s Group 2018
Reviews
Endlessly inventive, with a fresh delight on every page, Nevermoor rewrites the genre of the Chosen Child novel. This is a special book.
Extraordinary world-building
There is more extraordinary world-building, as well as tough ethical decisions, in Wundersmith (Orion), Jessica Townsend's superlative follow-up to the unmissable Nevermoor. Once accepted into the Wundrous Society, Morrigan Crow believes life will be filled with excitement and new skills - instead, as a rare and dreaded Wundersmith, she is taught to shun her powers and see herself as corrupt. Meanwhile, the evil Ezra Squall, the only other Wundersmith she knows, tempts her with his forbidden knowledge
The perfect series for young Harry Potter fans.
Townsend's intensely cinematic writing, quirky humour and superior world-building conjure a genuinely fresh take on magical fantasy
This has light and dark, twists, inventiveness and big themes of prejudice and resistance.
An extraordinary story full of magics great and small, from the Hotel Deucalion to the Magnificat . . . Townsend has created a book of wunders. In Morrigan Crow I've found a heroine I'm willing to step boldly after, and follow her wherever her adventure takes her next
Praise for NEVERMOOR: THE TRIALS OF MORRIGAN CROW:
Exciting, mysterious, marvellous and magical . . . quite simply one of the best children's books I've read in years
Wundermith has masterful storytelling, twisty plotting, a thrilling magical world and universally important themes. There are magnificats and magnificubs, brolly rails and celestial beings, creepy Bonesmen and the dreaded Hunt of Smoke and Shadow... Ideal reading for anyone who loves Harry Potter.
Fans of Harry Potter won't be able to resist this fast-paced, funny and inventive series, which will sweep you away into the enchanting magical world of Nevermoor.
Townsend is a brilliantly suspenseful storyteller who never lets the pace slacken.
