Welcome to the Kingdom of Broken Magic
What happens when the world’s magic is broken? Who will fix it and how?
The Kingdom of Broken Magic
What happens when the world’s magic is broken? Who will fix it and how?
Streetwise pickpockets, Maggie and Josh, are inseparable. Only their friendship makes life bearable at the Scribbens Home for Very Wayward Children, run by the villainous Miss Scribbens. But when Maggie encounters a strange and sinister circus, she abandons Josh and tumbles headfirst into a world of dangerous and dazzling magic. She’s determined to solve the mystery of its disappearing performers and animals. Where do they go? Who is the evil
mastermind behind it all? Josh sets out to find Maggie, unaware of the dark dangers that lie ahead.
Publisher: Everything with Words
ISBN: 9781911427308
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 12 mm
Illustrator: Ewa Beniak-Hareska
Meet the Characters
Welcome to Mrs Gumbo’s Flying Circus, where performers mysteriously disappear and the magic is broken. Runaways, Maggie and Josh, hunt for clues but beware!
The sinister ‘Kingdom of Broken Magic’ is waiting for them, and who is the evil ruler?
Click on each character opposite to learn more, then read a chapter from the book by clicking on the Dancing Tigers below.
Chapter 1 from the book
Agent Jackson (Aj)
A circus juggler, this wily monkey fancies himself as a detective, but is he as good at spotting clues as he says he is?
Mrs Gumbo
Jolly circus owner, who loves an adventure, even when it leads her into trouble.
Miss Scribbens
Madam Lulu
Death defying trapeze artist and aerialist who flies like a bird. But why do her young trainees always go missing?
Brimstone
A mysterious, failed magician whose magic tricks never go to plan.
Could it be the wand he’s using?
Maggie
An orphan and champion pickpocket, Maggie faces hidden, dark dangers with her best mate, Josh. At least they’ve escaped the clutches of the villainous Miss Scribbens. Or, have they?
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When I was a little girl, my dad would sometimes speak 'lemon meringue' – cockney slang. “Get up those apple and pears,” (stairs) he'd say when it was our bedtime. Or, when any of us were chatting for a long time on the phone, he'd say, “Get off that dog and bone...
Mr. Pablo Fanque
Mrs Gumbo, the owner of the wondrously death-defying Mrs Gumbo's Flying circus, was inspired by Pablo Fanque, the first black British circus owner. Born William Darby in Norwich, on 28th February 1796, he joined the circus as a child and was trained as a tight rope...
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