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978-1408897515

The Neverfear - Independent Bookshop Edition

The Neverfear - Independent Bookshop Edition

by Katherine Rundell

Publisher Bloomsbury Children's Books

Genre: Children's & YA

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'A world of richly-imagined wonder' Cressida Cowell

It's the Midsummer Feast on the Islet of Glimt and on this magical moonlit evening, the word on everyone's lips is 
bandits. Reports of masked men burning villages are spreading throughout the Archipelago, but worse is still to come: Christopher and Anya are ambushed and one of the people they love most is kidnapped.

The two children - alongside Ratwin the ratatoska and Jacques the Jaculus dragon - set sail on the 
Neverfear to recover three precious treasures. Together they must face fearsome giants, win a daring race, and outwit deadly enemies to save those they love most.

Discover the magic of Katherine Rundell in the most hotly-anticipated book of the year - the third adventure in the internationally bestselling Impossible Creatures series. Adorned with beautiful blue foil, this hardcover edition makes for a perfect gift.

Awards and praise for Impossible Creatures
WINNER Waterstones Book of the Year
WINNER British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year
WINNER Foyles Children's Book of the Year
WINNER Books Are My Bag Readers Award

'A book stuffed full of fantastical, magical delight' - Cressida Cowell

'I love Katherine Rundell and everythings she writes. I defy anyone not to lose their heart to her stories' - Maggie O'Farrell

'Readers will seize this with delight
' - Philip Pullman

'A masterpiece to rival Tolkien
' Daily Telegraph

'Every sentence sparkles ... Magnificent' - 
The Times

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About the Author

Katherine Rundell

Katherine Rundellis a multi-million-bestselling author whose novels for children have won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Costa Children's Book Award, among many others.Impossible Creatureswas Waterstones Book of the Year 2023, and in 2024 Katherine was named the British Book Awards Author of the Year andImpossible Creatureswon the Children's Fiction Book of the Year. She is a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College and a Fellow of St Catherine's College, Oxford, where she works on Renaissance literature. Her books for adults includeSuper-Infinite, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize. Very occasionally she goes climbing across the rooftops of Oxford, late at night.

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