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The first in the thrilling new children´s series - the Worldquake sequence - from Scarlett Thomas, author of the bestselling adult novel The End of Mr Y. See the world come to life with a magical glow-in-the-dark cover

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Effie´s world comes to life with a magical GLOW-IN-THE-DARK cover

´Some people think opening a book is a simple thing. It´s not.
Most people don´t realise that you can get truly lost in a book. You can.
Especially you.´

AFTER THE WORLDQUAKE, MAGIC IS SEEPING INTO OUR WORLD Effie Truelove is a new pupil at the Tusitala School for the Gifted, Troubled and Strange, with its twisted grey spires and an English teacher so frightening she gives the class nightmares.

When her beloved grandfather is brutally attacked, Effie promises to look after his magical books. But then shady book-collector Leonard Levar gets his hands on them and Effie has to embark on the most dangerous adventure of her life . . .

Effie must travel to the mysterious Otherworld, unlock the hidden meaning of an old book called Dragon´s Green, and brave the terrifying Diberi, a secret organisation with plans that could destroy the entire universe.

But Effie can´t face the Diberi alone. Can her new school-friends Maximilian, Wolf, Lexy and Raven combine their gifts and discover their true powers in time?

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The most exciting debut in children´s fiction since HARRY POTTER. Immersive, engaging, original; delightful in its details (a bun shop that serves as a portal to Otherworld; a library of Last Editions; a Princess School in which girls are trained to be appealing to dragons); playful, warm and yet thrilling, too JOANNE HARRIS

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Thomas, Scarlett
Scarlett Thomas was born in London in 1972. Her novels for adults include Bright Young Things, PopCo, The Seed Collectors, The End of Mr. Y which was longlisted for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2007, and Our Tragic Universe. Her first series for children, The Worldquake Sequence, follows the adventures of Effie Truelove. She teaches creative writing at the University of Kent.

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