Jasper and the Green Marvel
By (Author) Deirdre Madden
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
1st March 2012
Main
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
823.914
208
Width 126mm, Height 198mm, Spine 14mm
148g
There's a wonderful emerald necklace called The Green Marvel hidden somewhere in Haverford-Snuffley Hall. Sneaky Jasper Jellit takes a job there as a gardener, hoping to get his hands on the jewels. But the house is haunted, his two pet rats Rags and Bags give him no end of trouble, and then there's Mrs Knutmegg the cook, who sees immediately that Jasper's up to no good.
Deirdre Madden is from Toomebridge, Co. Antrim. Her novels include The Birds of Innocent Wood, Nothing is Black, One by One in the Darkness, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize, Authenticity and Molly Fox's Birthday, which was also shortlisted for the Orange Prize.
She teaches at Trinity College, Dublin and is a member of the Irish Arts Academy Aosdana.