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978-1444968224

Which Way Round the Galaxy

Which Way Round the Galaxy

by Cressida Cowell

Publisher Hodder Children's Books

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Hold on tight for the sequel to this out-of-this-world new series from former Waterstones Children's Laureate and No.1 bestselling author of How to Train Your Dragon.

WARNING: Contains Dangerous Space Travel and Very Illegal Magic

A family with a Magical secret ...
A child with a powerful Gift ...
A story that is out of this world ...

A tiny and helpless Magical Creature lost far from home leads the four O'Hero-Smith children on another adventure through the Which Ways and across the galaxies; their plan is to get 'Bug' back to the ice-encrusted planet where he belongs, and to prove to their parents that they can be trusted with forbidden Magic along the way!

But by setting off on this secret mission, they're heading straight into danger. Not to mention they've accidentally left Annipeck on her own. Again. Can the kids get Bug home safely, escape venomous snowsnakes, a witch's curse and a gang of fighter robots to find their way back through the WHICH WAYS to protect her?

They're going to need more than K2's Magical Gift to help them this time. It's a good job another of the O'Hero-Smith children might have a magical Gift of their own - because the fate of the galaxy is once again in their hands ...

Praise for Book 1:
'a pacey, thrill-packed, highly imaginative new series that should pull in the most reluctant readers' The Times Children's Book of the Week

'a highly imagined roller-coaster of a fantasy, written with the author's familiar panache ... ' Daily Telegraph

'A witty, rip-roaring battle of good and evil, secrets and lies, monsters and magic ensues, illustrated with Cowell's signature black and white sketches, and underpinned by an ecological message. FAB-U-LOUS.' Daily Mail

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About the Author

Cressida Cowell

Cressida Cowell grew up mostly in Central London. She has a BA in English Literature from Oxford, a BA in Graphic Design from St Martin’s and an MA in Narrative Illustration from Brighton.


Cressida wrote and illustrated her first picture book, Little Bo Peep’s Library Book for Hodder Children’s Books. This was followed by various picture books including Hiccup: The Viking Who Was Seasick, published in 2000. Hiccup returned in Cressida’s first novel for eight to twelve year olds, How To Train Your Dragon, published to popular and critical acclaim in 2003. Film rights were bought by Dreamworks Animation and the film was released in 2010. A sequel followed and a third film was released in 2018.


How To Train Your Dragon and its sequels have now been published in multiple languages and the final novel in the series, How to Fight a Dragon’s Fury, was published September 2015.


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