The worlds on either side of the mirror are about to collide. They will also enjoy Francesca Simon’s The Monstrous Childor Margo Lanagan’s The Brides of Rollrock Island. It’s recommended that readers start with books one and two, The Petrified Flesh and Living Shadows. As ever, she weaves together the different plotlines brilliantly, maintaining character development and sustaining the excitement to keep readers breathlessly turning the pages. The scene however sets the tone for the book, which examines love, its power as much a threat to protagonists as a strength. The book opens with a bloody labour and the birth of a baby, a scene her original editors felt would upset readers, causing Funke to find a new way to publish. Once again, she sends her hero Jacob Reckless and his brother through the magical mirror into another world. November 2016 Book of the Month | In a nutshell: mesmerising tale of love and adventure set in a dark fairy tale world | Cornelia Funke has an extraordinarily fertile imagination, which is fed and inspired by the old fairy tales and in this the third episode of the Reckless series, she draws on stories from Eastern Europe in another distinctive, thrilling and complex novel. Introducing the MIT Walker Collection - bringing innovative new STEAM books written by experts.25 books about the outdoors to inspire your green-fingered kids for National Gardening Week.
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