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Enter a world where magic meets history and adventure abounds in these two bestselling and multi-award-winning books by Amelia Mellor. For the children of the nineteenth century's most wondrous bookshop, every day is filled with riddles, magic and mayhem. But these courageous young heroes face their...
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Enter a world where magic meets history and adventure abounds in these two bestselling and multi-award-winning books by Amelia Mellor.
For the children of the nineteenth century's most wondrous bookshop, every day is filled with riddles, magic and mayhem. But these courageous young heroes face their greatest threat in the form of a diabolical magician. In a duel with impossibly high stakes, there are only two options: beat the villain at his own game, or lose everything. The clock is ticking ...
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781923022874
Publisher: Affirm Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 26 March 2024
Country: Australia
Imprint: Affirm Kids
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 1500g
Pages: 624
About the Author
Amelia Mellor is an author, teacher and nature nerd. She is the creator of The Grandest Bookshop in the World, The Bookseller’s Apprentice and The Lost Book of Magic, a multi-award-winning historical fantasy trilogy based in Melbourne where she lives. She holds degrees from Monash University and The University of Melbourne. To find ideas for Oceanforged, Amelia spent three days at sea, swam with sharks, hiked in jungles, got lost in Italy, handled real pirate artefacts and scuba dived on a shipwreck. When she’s not writing or researching, she’s usually tending her collection of tropical fish or attempting a wildly ambitious craft project. You can find her at authorameliamellor.com and holding up traffic in museums.
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