IMPOSSIBLE CREATURES

There was Tolkien there is Pullman and now there is Katherine Rundell Wondrous invention marvellous writing Michael Morpurgo Rundell s first foray into fantasy is both a deft rich homage to the greats of children s literature and an absorbing profoundly poignant quest story for those aged 9 quite possibly her best yet The Guardian A book stuffed full of fantastical magical delight and a world of richly imagined wonder Cressida Cowell WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD WINNER FOYLES CHILDREN S BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR AMAZON KIDS AND YA BOOK OF THE YEAR THE TIMES CHILDREN S BOOK OF THE WEEK THE INDEPENDENT CHILDREN S BOOK OF THE WEEK THE DAILY TELEGRAPH CHILDREN S BOOK OF THE WEEK SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER IN SEPTEMBER 2023There s a place where all the wildest stories began From Katherine Rundell winner of the Costa Children s Book Award the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children s Book Prize comes the first novel in a landmark trilogy for 9 fans of His Dark MaterialsChristopher is stunned when he discovers a passage to the Archipelago a cluster of magical islands where all the creatures of myth still live and breed and thrive in their thousands There he meets Mal a girl from th