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

The Olive Readers

A Richard and Judy Book Club Winner

In the Olive producing region of Olea, The Readers are smuggling and storing books in a secret library hidden away in the house of Jephzat and her family. When her sister disappears under suspicious circumstances, and her parents are hastily re-located by the Company, Jephzat is ordered to remain in the house, unaware of the organisation operating from its hidden room. Alone and facing the suspicion and hostility of the villagers, she falls in love with Homer, an olive picker she once rescued from the hands of Company Commissioners – and a long-time member of The Readers.

As Homer introduces her to the library, and her hunger for knowledge grows, so do her questions, and soon she finds herself heavily and dangerously involved not only in the recovery and preservation of books, but in a secret plan that is set to endanger Jephzat herself and her beloved family.

Publisher: Macmillan; Unabridged edition (7 Oct. 2005)
ISBN-10: 1405054743
Dimensions: 13.5 x 2.9 x 21.6 cm