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Find out moreFrom a prize-winning author comes a magical story with thrills and dangers to excite everyone!
Larabelle Fox is an orphan, a tosher who searches the sewers for any ‘treasure’ she can find, in the sewer system under Kings Haven. She is ranged against rival toshing gangs who want to rob her, as well as the powerful King’s Witch who wants to revive the Evernight in a bid to gain total power for herself. Unbeknownst to Lara she has found exactly what the King’s Witch and her awesomely scary djinn Shadow Jack are looking for – a box, long lost in the sewers. Can Lara discover what she can do with the box and its contents before the world succumbs to the evil of the Evernight?
This is a wild magical delight of a story. The bad guys are wickedly bad and seemingly undefeatable, whilst Lara and her friend Joe Littlefoot seem small and powerless. But they have quick wits and goodness on their side, as well as the witches, though it will mainly be down to Lara that a defence is put up to the Evernight.
This is the sort of book that will create a buzz of enjoyment, the fantasy world is well built, believable, cinematic and child friendly. The magic is fun, the friendship believable, the story is refreshing, and the feisty heroine is a delight to follow. I shall look forward to more books in this series.
Thousands of years ago, the Evernight came to the Silver Kingdom and turned everything to darkness and chaos. It was only defeated thanks to the skill and bravery of the Witches. But now the Evernight is about to return, released by the evil Mrs Hester, and the only spell that might stop it is lost, deep below the great city of King's Haven. Then orphan Larabelle Fox stumbles across a mysterious wooden box while treasure-hunting in the city's sewers. Little does she realise she is about to be catapulted into an adventure, facing wild magic and mortal danger - and a man who casts no shadow . . .
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Absolutely incredible. Full of magic and mystery. Full review
Wow, just wow! You HAVE to read this book, it is soooooo good. Full review
I loved the dark magic in this imaginative book that really kept me on my toes. Full review
Larabelle Fox, a girl in a magical world, is caught up in a tense adventure against an evil witch who wants to control the world. Larabelle finds the one thing that Mrs Hester the evil witch is looking for and so becomes hunted by Shadow Jack, a man who casts no shadow and is prepared to kill all those that stand in his way. I enjoyed the way it transported me to a different world of magic and was gripped by the tense story - I recommend you to read it!! Full review
Loved this book, it's fun and magic and action-packed and I recommend it to all old and young. Full review
Dickens meets Harry Potter. A dark and eerily believable magical adventure. Full review
This is an enjoyable, deep story that I couldn't put down. I also love the fabulous illustration on the book cover. Full review
The plot was exiting and engaging, I couldn’t put it down. Full review
A story to devour, & then savour. Evernight is alive with thrilling darkness and vivid magic Ross MacKenzie is a wizard with words. Evernight is an artfully spun story, vividly conjuring a complex and convincing world of witches and magic unlike any other. Gripping from the first line, this book will thrill and delight in equal measure. A triumph of the imagination An assured fantasy adventure set in a richly imagined world. - The Bookseller
Darkly brilliant, wonderfully imagined... A fantastic adventure with a cracking heroine at its helm. - Abi Elphinstone
A darkly magical story set in a brilliantly realised, hugely imaginative world that's perfect for fans of Nevermoor -- Anna James
| ISBN: | 9781783448319 |
| Publication date: | 6th February 2020 |
| Author: | Ross MacKenzie |
| Publisher: | Andersen Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 352 pages |
| Year Groups: | Key Stage 3 |
| Topics: | Adventure Stories, Fantasy / Magical, Mysterys / Mythology |
Ross MacKenzie is the author of fantasy adventure, Zac and the Dream Pirates, winner of a Scottish Children's Book Award in 2012. He lives in Renfrew, where he grew up, with his wife and baby daughter, but spends much of his time in another world. A Q&A with Ross about his novel The Nowhere Emporium Where did your inspiration for The Nowhere Emporium come from? It’s a bit mysterious, actually! The Emporium sort of popped into my head fully formed. I could see this strange old shop so clearly in my head, the sparkling black brick and ...
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