The House at the Edge of Magic

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"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 womans 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 whos particularly competitive at hopscotch and a hideous troll housekeeper whos 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

"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
"Wildly imaginative and relentlessly entertaining. It is a story like no other and I absolutely adored it!" David Walliams

Reviews

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 *

Author Bio

Amy Sparkes studied English Literature and Theology at the University of Kent, and began writing after moving to Devon with her husband, six young children and an overactive imagination. Her books have appeared on CBeebies storytime and been shortlisted for several book awards, including the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and the BookTrust Best Books Awards for Do Not Enter the Monster Zoo. She runs author events for children, writing workshops for aspiring childrens writers, produces the Writing for Children pages for bestselling Writing Magazine, and writes short stories for Aquila magazine. She co-founded the Writing Magazine Picture Book Prize for aspiring picture book authors.