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Enter the world of the hidden folk - and discover the most whimsical,
enchanting and heart-warming tale you'll read this year, featuring the
intrepid Emily Wilde. . .
Emily Wilde is good at many things: she is the foremost expert on the
study of faeries; she is a genius scholar and a meticulous researcher
who is writing the world's first encylopaedia of faerie lore. But Emily
Wilde is not good at people
So when she arrives in the hardscrabble village of Hrafnsvik, Emily has
no intention of befriending the gruff townsfolk. Nor does she care to
spend time with another new arrival: her dashing and insufferably
handsome academic rival Wendell Bambleby
But as Emily gets closer to uncovering the secrets of the Hidden Ones -
the most elusive of all faeries - she also finds herself on the trail
of another mystery: who is Wendell Bambleby, and what does he really
want? To find the answer, she'll have to unlock the greatest mystery of
all - her own heart.
'Forget dark academia: give me instead this kind of
winter-sunshined, sharp-tongued and footnoted academia, full of
field trips and grumpy romance' Freya Marske, author of A
Marvellous Light An intrepid professor must uncover faerie secrets
in the delightful and heart-warming second instalment of the Sunday
Times bestselling Emily Wilde series. Emily Wilde is a genius
scholar of faerie folklore, and has catalogued many secrets of the
Hidden Folk in her encyclopaedia with her infuriatingly charming
fellow scholar, Wendell Bambleby, by her side. But Bambleby is more
than just a brilliant and unbearably handsome scholar. He's an
exiled faerie king on the run from his murderous mother, in search
of a door back to his realm. By lucky happenstance, Emily's new
project, a map of the realms of faerie, will take them on an
adventure to the picturesque Austrian Alps, where Emily believes
they may find the door to Bambleby's realm, and the key to freeing
him from his family's dark plans. But with new friendships for the
prickly Emily to navigate and dangerous Folk lurking in every
forest and hollow, Emily must unravel the mysterious workings of
faerie doors, and of her own heart. Praise for this series: 'A
darkly gorgeous fantasy that sparkles with snow and magic, this
book wholly enchanted me' Sangu Mandanna, author of The Very Secret
Society of Irregular Witches 'A thoroughly charming academic fairy
tale, complete with footnotes and a low-key grumpy romance'
Guardian 'Enchanting in every sense of the word. . . This book is
real magic' H. G. Parry, author of The Unlikely Escape of Uriah
Heep 'A book so vividly, endlessly enchanting, so crisply assured,
so rich and complete and wise and far-reaching in its worldbuilding
that you'll walk away half ensorcelled, sure Fawcett found Emily
Wilde's journal in some sea-stained trunk' Melissa Albert 'The
ideal book to curl up with on a chilly winter's evening. . . this
book is an absolute delight.' Megan Bannen, author of The
Undertaking of Hart and Mercy 'A charmingly whimsical delight. . .
Five dazzling, gladdening stars' India Holton, author of The
Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels 'I enjoyed every word of this
gorgeously written fairy tale featuring a grumpy heroine and an
utterly charming love interest' Isabel Ibañez, author of Woven In
Moonlight
A stunning middle grade fantasy about a girl who used to be a
dragon and her adventure to save her new home-from Even the Darkest
Stars author Heather Fawcett. Furious, Ember decides to join the
hunt to sabotage it from the inside. But being an undercover dragon
isn't easy-especially among dragon hunters.
'Forget dark academia: give me instead this kind of
winter-sunshined, sharp-tongued and footnoted academia, full of
field trips and grumpy romance' Freya Marske, author of A
Marvellous Light An intrepid professor must uncover faerie secrets
in the delightful and heart-warming second instalment of the Sunday
Times bestselling Emily Wilde series. Emily Wilde is a genius
scholar of faerie folklore, and has catalogued many secrets of the
Hidden Folk in her encyclopaedia with her infuriatingly charming
fellow scholar, Wendell Bambleby, by her side. But Bambleby is more
than just a brilliant and unbearably handsome scholar. He's an
exiled faerie king on the run from his murderous mother, in search
of a door back to his realm. By lucky happenstance, Emily's new
project, a map of the realms of faerie, will take them on an
adventure to the picturesque Austrian Alps, where Emily believes
they may find the door to Bambleby's realm, and the key to freeing
him from his family's dark plans. But with new friendships for the
prickly Emily to navigate and dangerous Folk lurking in every
forest and hollow, Emily must unravel the mysterious workings of
faerie doors, and of her own heart. Praise for this series: 'A
darkly gorgeous fantasy that sparkles with snow and magic, this
book wholly enchanted me' Sangu Mandanna, author of The Very Secret
Society of Irregular Witches 'A thoroughly charming academic fairy
tale, complete with footnotes and a low-key grumpy romance'
Guardian 'Enchanting in every sense of the word. . . This book is
real magic' H. G. Parry, author of The Unlikely Escape of Uriah
Heep 'A book so vividly, endlessly enchanting, so crisply assured,
so rich and complete and wise and far-reaching in its worldbuilding
that you'll walk away half ensorcelled, sure Fawcett found Emily
Wilde's journal in some sea-stained trunk' Melissa Albert 'The
ideal book to curl up with on a chilly winter's evening. . . this
book is an absolute delight.' Megan Bannen, author of The
Undertaking of Hart and Mercy 'A charmingly whimsical delight. . .
Five dazzling, gladdening stars' India Holton, author of The
Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels 'I enjoyed every word of this
gorgeously written fairy tale featuring a grumpy heroine and an
utterly charming love interest' Isabel Ibañez, author of Woven In
Moonlight
Not many kids have an island in their backyard, but suddenly, the
Snolly sisters have three. They’re staying at Granddaddy’s
seaside property for the summer, which includes the mysterious
Fairy Islands: Fairy, Little Fairy, and Ghost. The people in Misty
Cove call them “in-between places,” and say they’re full of
magic—a magic that gets inside you. But ten-year-old Bee Snolly
doesn’t believe in magic—she just wants to help her ill
Granddaddy. And if she and her sisters can unravel the mystery of
the Fairy Islands in time, they may discover a long-buried secret
that could help them all. Story Locale: Northwest coast of North
America.
A stunning middle grade fantasy about a girl who used to be a
dragon and her adventure to save her new home-from Even the Darkest
Stars author Heather Fawcett. Perfect for fans of the Nevermoor and
His Dark Materials series. Ember St. George is a dragon. At least
she was before her adoptive father-a powerful but accident-prone
Magician-turned her into a human girl to save her life.
Unfortunately, Ember's growing tendency to burst into flames at
certain temperatures-not to mention her invisible wings-is making
it too dangerous for her to stay in London. The solution: ship
Ember off to her aunt's research station in frigid Antarctica.
Though eccentric Aunt Myra takes getting used to, Ember quickly
feels at home in a land of ice storms, mischievous penguins, and
twenty-four-hour nights. She even finds herself making friends with
a girl genius called Nisha and a mysterious orphan named Moss. Then
she discovers that Antarctica is home to the Winterglass Hunt, a
yearly tradition in which rare ice dragons are hunted for their
jeweled scales. Furious, Ember decides to join the hunt to sabotage
it from the inside. But being an undercover dragon isn't
easy-especially among dragon hunters. Can a twelve-year-old fire
dragon survive the dangers that come her way in the Antarctic
wilderness and protect the ice dragons from extinction?
The Penderwicks meets Howl's Moving Castle in this thrilling middle
grade fantasy adventure about a trio of royal siblings who unlock a
long-forgotten magical language in their bid to reclaim their
stolen throne-from Ember and the Ice Dragons author Heather
Fawcett. Perfect for fans of Kelly Barnhill and Robert Beatty.
Forced into exile on an enchanted, moving island, ex-princess Noa
Marchena has two missions: reclaim her family's stolen throne and
ensure that the dark powers her older brother, Julian, possesses
don't go to his head in the process. But between babysitting her
annoying little sister, Mite, and keeping an eye on the cake-loving
sea monster that guards the moving island, Noa has her hands full.
When the siblings learn that their enemies are searching for a
weapon capable of defeating Julian-whose legendary spell weaving is
feared throughout the kingdom-once and for all, they vow to get to
it first. To everyone's surprise, the key to victory turns out to
be a long-lost magical language-and only Noa can speak it. But what
if by helping her brother, Noa ends up losing him?
The first in a sweeping and action-packed debut fantasy duology
loosely inspired by the early climbers of Mt. Everest-perfect for
fans of Cindy Pon and Alison Goodman. Kamzin has always dreamed of
becoming one of the Emperor's royal explorers, the elite climbers
tasked with mapping the wintry, mountainous Empire and spying on
its enemies. She knows she could be the best in the world, if only
someone would give her a chance. But everything changes when the
mysterious and eccentric River Shara, the greatest explorer ever
known, arrives in her village and demands to hire Kamzin-not her
older sister Lusha, as everyone had expected-for his next
expedition. This is Kamzin's chance to prove herself-even though
River's mission to retrieve a rare talisman for the emperor means
climbing Raksha, the tallest and deadliest mountain in the Aryas.
Then Lusha sets off on her own mission to Raksha with a rival
explorer who is determined to best River, and Kamzin must decide
what's most important to her: protecting her sister from the
countless perils of the climb or beating her to the summit. The
challenges of climbing Raksha are unlike anything Kamzin
expected-or prepared for-with avalanches, ice chasms, ghosts, and
even worse at every turn. And as dark secrets are revealed, Kamzin
must unravel the truth of their mission and of her companions-while
surviving the deadliest climb she has ever faced.
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