**Welcome to a world where nothing is _quite_ as it seems . . . ** When their grandmother Sylvie is rushed to hospital, Ivy Sparrow and her annoying big brother Seb cannot imagine what adventure lies in store. Returning to Sylvie's house, they find it has been ransacked by unknown intruders - befor
the crooked sixpence
β Scribed by Bell, Jennifer;Mountford, Karl James
- Book ID
- 100546135
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books; Crown Books for Young Readers
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Series
- Uncommoners 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- New York
- ISBN
- 0553498452
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Anyone with a Hogwarts-shaped hole in their lives can't miss this fantasy series opener. Dive into a secret underground city below London where ordinary objects are capable of extraordinary magic!
"Part Tim Burton, part J.K. Rowling! A terrific debut." --Soman Chainani, New York Times Bestselling Author of the School for Good and Evil series
Welcome to a world where nothing is quite as it seems...
When their grandmother Sylvie is rushed to the hospital, Ivy Sparrow and her annoying big brother Seb cannot imagine what adventure lies in store. Soon their house is ransacked by unknown intruders, and a very strange policeman turns up on the scene, determined to apprehend them . . . with a toilet brush.
Ivy and Seb make their escape only to find themselves in a completely uncommon world, a secret underground city called Lundinor where ordinary objects have amazing powers. There...
β¦ Subjects
Family secrets -- Fiction
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes... It's not easy being a witch. Especially when you're the youngest and least talented of four sisters. But Persephone Gosse manages the same way she manages her Duluth bar, Toil & Trouble. With hard work, a smart mouthβand a lot of whisk
*By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes...* It's not easy being a witch. Especially when you're the youngest and least talented of four sisters. But Persephone Gosse manages the same way she manages her Duluth bar, Toil & Trouble. With hard work, a smart mouthοΏ½and a lot of w
**A heart as lonely as the ocean...** Hannah and Wycliff arrive at his ancestral estate in Dorset as tragedy strikes the coastal village. A young woman has lost her life to the tempestuous ocean, but only Hannah suspects the woman's death is anything but a horrible accident. As Hannah learns more a