• The Impossible Secret of Lillian Velvet

    The Impossible Secret of Lillian Velvet

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    WINNER: 2024 Indies Children's Book of the Year
    SHORTLISTED: 2024 Queensland Literary Awards, Children's Book Award

    'Jaclyn Moriarty is one of the most original writers we have.' Markus Zusak

    Lillian Velvet lives a very lonely life with her cold and remote Grandmother. That is, until her tenth birthday, when she is given a pickle jar of gold coins, along with a note with clear instructions: don't go out, don't open the door for anyone, and don't spend all your coins in one day.

    What happens next seems impossible. The coins whisk Lillian away to a different time and place. There she meets a small boy in a circus about to be crushed to death; a lively family, each member in a distinctive form of mortal danger; a boy with a skateboard; and a girl who can Whisper. And a web of dangerous magic closing tight around it all.

    Why is Lillian here? How is she supposed to help these new friends? And - most importantly - what happens if she fails?

    An exciting tale in the magical Kingdoms and Empires world, where seemingly disparate elements are spun until all is revealed as one delicious, tantalising whole.