Author: Lees, Jordan Interest age: from c 8 yearsPublished on 27 March 2025 by Penguin Random House Children's UK (Puffin) in the United Kingdom as part of 'The Whisperwicks' series.Hardback | 448 pages223 x 164 x 39 | 618g From the most exciting new voice in children's fiction comes the second book in the spectacular Whisperwicks series. This spectacular adventure combines the writing power and immersive world-building of Philip Pullman and Katherine Rundell alongside the page-turning kid-appeal of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief.'Completely fantastic' A.F. Steadman, bestselling author of the SKANDAR series on The WhisperwicksThe spell-binding world-building of Philip Pullman and Katherine Rundell with the page-turning kid appeal of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief. 'Magic forged at Midsommer is the strongest and truest of all magic - both fair and foul.'When Benjamiah discovers a strange fragment of witchstone, he find himself transported to the labyrinthine streets of Wreathenwold - a world of spectacular adventure and impossible magic.Along with his friends Elizabella Cotton, Mea and Silas the mapmaker, Benjamiah embarks on a dangerous quest involving a strange collection of fairytales - The Book of Barely Believable Stories. The gang must undertake a series of magical trials to save the missing children of Wreathenwold, before Midsommer ends and they are lost forever . . .
