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Goldsboro Books

9780008611477

Alice with a Why

Alice with a Why

by Anna James

Publisher HarperCollin's Childrens

Genre: Children's & YA

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About the book

Return to Wonderland in this extraordinary reimagining of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by one of our most brilliant storytellers

‘Spectacular!’ Kiran Millwood Hargrave

‘An absolute masterclass’ Hannah Gold

‘I absolutely loved it’ Katie Tsang

‘Beautiful and witty’ Pari Thomson

England, 1919. Alyce – with a Y – lives with her grandmother, the original Alice, having lost her father during the Great War. When a mysterious invitation to a tea party hits her square in the face, Alyce realises her grandmother’s strange stories of a place called Wonderland might have some truth to them after all.

But the land Alyce finds herself in feels different from the Wonderland of her grandmother’s stories – for it is trapped in its own war. The Sun King and the Queen of the Moon are fighting over a stolen hour, and soon Alyce is tasked with setting it right. With the help of the Hatter, the Cheshire Cat and a Sailor Fox, Alyce will have to solve Wonderland’s problems and, eventually, find her way back home.

Enter an enchanting adventure through Wonderland, featuring stunning illustrations by Matthew Land. Starring new characters and old favourites, Alice With a Why is both a celebration of Lewis Carroll's beloved original story, and a modern masterpiece.

*Includes bonus chapters from Anna’s epic fantasy, Chronicles of Whetherwhy and the original Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland*

About the Author

Anna James

Anna James is a writer and journalist. She was a school librarian before joining The Bookseller as their book news editor. She now writes for a variety of newspapers and magazines, and chairs events at bookshops and literary festivals across the UK.


Her debut YA novel, and the first in a new series, Pages & Co: Tilly & the Bookwanderers, was published in September 2018. The two that followed are Tilly and the Lost Fairy Tales (September 2019) and Tilly and the Map of Stories (September 2020).


She lives in north London, in a flat full of books.

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