The Whisperwicks: The Impossible Trials
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The spell-binding world-building of Philip Pullman and Katherine Rundell with the page-turning kid appeal of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief.
‘Magic forged at Midsommer is the strongest and truest of all magic – both fair and foul.’
Ever since Benjamiah returned from his spectacular adventure in Wreathenwold, he’s been desperate to go back. When he discovers a strange fragment of witchstone, he is transported back to the labyrinthine streets of Wreathenwold and soon finds himself on another dangerous quest involving a strange collection of fairytales – The Book of Barely Believable Stories.
Reunited with Elizabella Cotton and helped by two new friends – Mea and Silas the mapmaker – the gang undertake a series of magical trials to save the missing children of Wreathenwold before Midsommer ends and they are lost forever . . .
‘Completely fantastic’ A.F. Steadman, bestselling author of the SKANDAR series on The Whisperwicks
© Jordan Lees 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
The spell-binding world-building of Philip Pullman and Katherine Rundell with the page-turning kid appeal of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief.
‘Magic forged at Midsommer is the strongest and truest of all magic – both fair and foul.’
Ever since Benjamiah returned from his spectacular adventure in Wreathenwold, he’s been desperate to go back. When he discovers a strange fragment of witchstone, he is transported back to the labyrinthine streets of Wreathenwold and soon finds himself on another dangerous quest involving a strange collection of fairytales – The Book of Barely Believable Stories.
Reunited with Elizabella Cotton and helped by two new friends – Mea and Silas the mapmaker – the gang undertake a series of magical trials to save the missing children of Wreathenwold before Midsommer ends and they are lost forever . . .
‘Completely fantastic’ A.F. Steadman, bestselling author of the SKANDAR series on The Whisperwicks
© Jordan Lees 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025