The Secret Of Me — Amy Sparkes

Sometimes you are a whisper away from magic without even realizing it Nine is an orphan pickpocket determined to escape her life in the Nest of a Thousand Treasures When she steals a house shaped ornament from a mysterious woman s purse she knocks on its tiny door and watches it grow into a huge higgledy piggeldy house Inside she finds a host of magical and brilliantly funny characters including Flabberghast a young wizard who s particularly competitive at hopscotch and a hideous troll housekeeper who s emotionally attached to his feather duster They have been placed under an extraordinary spell which they are desperate for Nine to break and if she can maybe they can offer her a new life in return A Diana Wynne Jones ish adventure fizzing with imagination Such fun I loved it Sinead O Hart A wonder filled book that revels in magic and mayhem Abi Elphinstone Wildly imaginative and relentlessly entertaining It is a story like no other and I absolutely adored it David Walliams