Boasting wacky wizards and troublesome trolls, Sparkes’s wildly imaginative and gloriously eccentric fantasy finds an orphan pickpocket in charge of a supernatural house placed under a strange and mystical spell.
'Sometimes you are a whisper away from magic without even realizing it.'
Nine is an orphan pickpocket determined to escape her life in the Nest of a Thousand Treasures.
When she steals a house-shaped ornament from a mysterious woman's purse, she knocks on its tiny door and watches it grow into a huge, higgledy-piggeldy house. Inside she finds a host of magical and brilliantly funny characters, including Flabberghast - a young wizard who's particularly competitive at hopscotch - and a hideous troll housekeeper who's emotionally attached to his feather duster.
They have been placed under an extraordinary spell, which they are desperate for Nine to break - and if she can, maybe they can offer her a new life in return...
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
ISBN: 9781406395310
Number of pages: 240
Weight: 219 g
Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 18 mm
A Diana Wynne Jones-ish adventure fizzing with imagination. Such fun – I loved it! - Sinead O'Hart
A wonder-filled book that revels in magic and mayhem. - Abi Elphinstone
The House at the Edge of Magic is wildly imaginative and relentlessly entertaining. It is a story like no other and I absolutely adored it! - David Walliams
A wonder of a book that zip, zaps and zooms off the page. - Stacey Miller
This energetic, inventive romp has a touch of the late, great Diana Wynne Jones. - The Guardian
Heads up everyone! There is magical middle grade and then there is magical, MAGICAL middle grade! And, if you like a generous helping of humour and quirkiness sprinkled in amongst that magic then this is the book for... More
A quirky magical adventure that fizzes with energy and fun. Middle grade readers will love all the house's mischievous tricks, especially the hiding toilet! Nine is a fabulously feisty character and I also have a... More
Over the past few months, there have been a few books which I have stated here that I would not have read had they not been recommended to me because I hadn’t found the covers appealing. This book, however, is the... More
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