Tilly and her best friend Oskar are bookwanderers: a remarkable group of people who, using the magical power of books, can travel inside any story they choose. But on a wintry visit to Paris, the friends wander inside a book of fairy tales to find that peculiar things are happening: characters are getting lost, stories are all mixed up, and mysterious plot holes are opening without warning . . .
It’s up to Tilly and Oskar to figure out what–or who–is behind the chaos. And after the friends come face-to-face with an old foe, they realize that villains can exist outside the pages of books . . . and that sometimes, you don’t get to live happily ever after.
Praise for the Pages & Co. series:
“Mr. Lemoncello would love to go bookwandering at Pages and Co. If you love books, you’re going to LOVE this book!”–Chris Grabenstein, #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Mr. Lemoncello series
*”Highly recommended for readers young and old. An important reminder of the centrality of stories in shaping our lives.” —School Library Journal, starred review
“Winsomely harking back to the oldest children’s classics, this has special appeal for romantic bibliophiles.” —Kirkus Reviews
“This series is made for book-lovers and attests to the power and importance of stories.”–School Library Journal
Author
Anna James
Anna James (she/her) is a writer and journalist, as well as the author of the Pages & Co. series and Chronicles of Whetherwhy series. She was a school librarian before joining The Bookseller as their book news editor. She now writes for a variety of newspapers and magazines, and chairs events at bookshops and literary festivals across the UK. She lives in north London, in a flat full of books.
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Paola Escobar
Paola Escobar is a a graphic designer and illustrator from Colombia. As a child she loved drawing the stories told by her grandmother about their family and culture and it was her dream to become an illustrator for children’s books. She is the illustrator of the award-winning picture book Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré as well as many other critically-acclaimed picture books. She has worked with publishers across the world and is proud to have illustrated stories that celebrate cultural diversity and champion unsung heroes. Paola lives very happily in Bogotá, Colombia, with her husband and their dog, Flora.
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