The Bookshop at the Back of Beyond
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The third instalment in the brilliantly funny and fast-paced House at the Edge of Magic series.
"A fabulously funny book - I loved it! Prepare to be whisked away on an adventure bursting with magical surprises, dark secrets and strawberry tea..." - Lucy Strange
Nine and her friends have cured the house's hiccups and are off to the strange and utterly unpredictable Back of Beyond in search of Professor Dish – Spoon's best friend and partner in all things alchemy.
When they find Dish trapped by the greedy witch Ophidia in the basement of a particularly marvellous shop, it soon becomes clear they're going to need something more than Flabberghast's dicey magic and Nine's quick thinking to triumph this time. What they really need is a rather clever witch – one particularly good at curses...
Read the whole series:
The House at the Edge of Magic
The Tower at the End of Time
The Bookshop at the Back of Beyond
The Lighthouse at the World's End
And don't miss The Unchosen One, the first book in a brand-new fantasy adventure series from Amy Sparkes - out now
Product Details
INFORMATION
Barcode: 9781529505665
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 January 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Walker Books Ltd
Illustration: Chapter heads
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Length: 20.0mm
Width: 125.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 230g
Pages: 256
Series: The House at the Edge of Magic
View allAbout the Author
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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