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Adventures in Lylaland

the magical debut children's novel from bestselling author Louise Pentland!
Brief Description
Ten-year-old Lyla Wilde is ready for a fresh start. After a summer of moving between her mum and dad's houses, she's fed up with the tension between them. Her parents had promised that the divorce would make things better, but it's only made them more complicated!... Read More
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Discover the magical debut children's novel from bestselling author Louise Pentland.

The children's fiction debut from Louise Pentland, The Sunday Times bestselling author of the WILDE series!

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Ten-year-old Lyla Wilde is ready for a fresh start. After a summer of moving between her mum and dad's houses, she's fed up with the tension between them. Her parents had promised that the divorce would make things better, but it's only made them more complicated! So instead, she escapes to Lylaland: her very own dream world, where anything is possible.

Then students at her school are invited to participate in the National Inspiration Invention Competition and finalists are offered the chance to bring their family on a weekend away. This is it! Lyla sees the competition as the perfect chance to get Mum and Dad back together and put an end to the arguing. But trying to think up an invention that helps others is harder than she expects, and stepping into Lylaland doesn't offer her the escape that it used to. Not when sinister storm clouds roll in and push her out!

Just what will Lyla do when her daydreams start to feel like nightmares? Can she rediscover the magic of Lylaland and fix things in the real world too?

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781800781887

Publisher: Templar Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 August 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Piccadilly Press

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 200.0mm

Weight: 168g

Pages: 240

About the Author

LOUISE PENTLAND is the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Wilde trilogy. She's the number one parenting vlogger in the UK, with 8 million combined followers across her social platforms. Louise is the host of the motherhood podcast Mothers' Meeting, she writes a monthly column for Mother & Baby magazine, and was crowned the Number 1 Mumfluencer in the magazine in 2019. Louise has filmed with the Pope at the Vatican to discuss the challenges facing young people today and HRH Prince Charles and HRH The Duchess of Cornwall to support Bookstart to encourage childhood literacy.

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