The Grandest Bookshop in the World (Grandest Bookshop #1 HB)

Author(s): Amelia Mellor

Fantasy, Magic and Science Fiction

Pearl and Vally Cole live in a bookshop. And not just any bookshop. In 1893, Cole’s Book Arcade in Melbourne is the grandest bookshop in the world, brimming with every curiosity imaginable. Each day brings fresh delights for the siblings: voice-changing sweets, talking parrots, a new story written just for them by their eccentric father. When Pearl and Vally learn that Pa has risked the Arcade – and himself – in a shocking deal with the mysterious Obscurosmith, the siblings hatch a plan. Soon they are swept into a dangerous game with impossibly high stakes: defeat seven challenges by the stroke of midnight and both the Arcade and their father will be restored. But if they fail, Pearl and Vally won’t just lose Pa – they’ll forget that he and the Arcade ever existed.

Kathleen's review - I love the way this book takes a real place - yes, Cole's Book Arcade was an institution in Melbourne - and shifted it into an alternative world where magic is real. I also love the way magic is written in this story - each person has their own style depending on their personality, their likes and dislikes, and their own specialty. Within that, each has their own varying degree of skill and must learn and practise and develop.


Fabulous magic, clues to unravel, and adventure! - I love this book.

$19.99 NZD

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Product Information

Indie Book Awards 2021 Children's Book of the Year

General Fields

  • : 9781925972955
  • : Affirm Press
  • : 0.3
  • : April 2020
  • : 2.9 Centimeters X 13.5 Centimeters X 20.5 Centimeters
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Amelia Mellor
  • : YFB
  • : 320
  • : English
  • : 1
  • : Hardback