Enter the fantastically Wundrous world of Nevermoor - perfect for all adventurous young readers. Morrigan Crow has a dangerous choice to make in the fourth of this bestselling, award-winning series ... Praise for Nevermoor: 'Exciting, mysterious, marvellous and magical ... quite simply one of the best children's books I've read in years' Robin Stevens, author of Murder Most Unladylike. In the magical city of Nevermoor, long-buried secrets are coming to light, and Morrigan Crow's life is about to turn upside down. When Morrigan is invited into Nevermoor's wealthy Silver District, she discovers a world of extravagance and a family mystery she's eager to unravel. She could never imagine where it will lead: a white wedding, a golden dragon and a red pool of blood. Embroiled in suspicion and danger, Morrigan leaps head first into a murder investigation, while also grappling with her ever-growing Wundersmith powers. And although her friends are there to help, she fears that could change if they learn she's keeping a terrible secret of her own. As shadowy forces awaken in Nevermoor, can Morrigan find a killer and solve the mystery in her own past ... before the clock strikes midnight? Jessica Townsend weaves a spellbinding tale of magic and mystery in this thrilling new installment of the Nevermoor series, winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and with film rights sold to Fox. Praise for Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow: 'A full-speed joy of a book; funny, quick-footed, and wildly, magically inventive' Katherine Rundell, author of Impossible Creatures
Enter the fantastically Wundrous world of Nevermoor - perfect for all adventurous young readers. Morrigan Crow has a dangerous choice to make in the fourth of this bestselling, award-winning series ... Praise for Nevermoor: 'Exciting, mysterious, marvellous and magical ... quite simply one of the best children's books I've read in years' Robin Stevens, author of Murder Most Unladylike. In the magical city of Nevermoor, long-buried secrets are coming to light, and Morrigan Crow's life is about to turn upside down. When Morrigan is invited into Nevermoor's wealthy Silver District, she discovers a world of extravagance and a family mystery she's eager to unravel. She could never imagine where it will lead: a white wedding, a golden dragon and a red pool of blood. Embroiled in suspicion and danger, Morrigan leaps head first into a murder investigation, while also grappling with her ever-growing Wundersmith powers. And although her friends are there to help, she fears that could change if they learn she's keeping a terrible secret of her own. As shadowy forces awaken in Nevermoor, can Morrigan find a killer and solve the mystery in her own past ... before the clock strikes midnight? Jessica Townsend weaves a spellbinding tale of magic and mystery in this thrilling new installment of the Nevermoor series, winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and with film rights sold to Fox. Praise for Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow: 'A full-speed joy of a book; funny, quick-footed, and wildly, magically inventive' Katherine Rundell, author of Impossible Creatures
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Middle-grade fantasy literature gained a vibrant magical realm with the introduction of the Nevermoor series, a story centered on a cursed child whisked away to a secret city. Australian author Jessica Townsend launched this universe with her debut novel, The Trials of Morrigan Crow, establishing a tale of magical trials and hidden power.
Born on April 18, 1985, in Caloundra, Queensland, Townsend developed an early passion for writing and published her first short story in a local library newsletter at seven years old. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked as a copywriter and served as the editor of a children's wildlife magazine for Steve Irwin's Australia Zoo. Townsend spent years planning the world of Nevermoor—beginning the initial writing the year she left high school—while splitting her time between London and Queensland's Sunshine Coast. Her debut novel won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize in the Younger Fiction Category.
Townsend's fiction combines mystery, adventure, and expansive world-building, weaving personal fascinations such as public transport, ancient cities, secret societies, and gigantic cats directly into her settings. Her stories explore themes of belonging, self-reliance, friendship, and identity as young protagonists navigate high-stakes fantasy trials and complex institutions. By balancing playful eccentricities with internal lore, her prose presents a distinctive magical environment driven by inventive magic and secret histories.
2 books in catalog
Middle-grade fantasy literature gained a vibrant magical realm with the introduction of the Nevermoor series, a story centered on a cursed child whisked away to a secret city. Australian author Jessica Townsend launched this universe with her debut novel, The Trials of Morrigan Crow, establishing a tale of magical trials and hidden power.
Born on April 18, 1985, in Caloundra, Queensland, Townsend developed an early passion for writing and published her first short story in a local library newsletter at seven years old. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked as a copywriter and served as the editor of a children's wildlife magazine for Steve Irwin's Australia Zoo. Townsend spent years planning the world of Nevermoor—beginning the initial writing the year she left high school—while splitting her time between London and Queensland's Sunshine Coast. Her debut novel won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize in the Younger Fiction Category.
Townsend's fiction combines mystery, adventure, and expansive world-building, weaving personal fascinations such as public transport, ancient cities, secret societies, and gigantic cats directly into her settings. Her stories explore themes of belonging, self-reliance, friendship, and identity as young protagonists navigate high-stakes fantasy trials and complex institutions. By balancing playful eccentricities with internal lore, her prose presents a distinctive magical environment driven by inventive magic and secret histories.
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