The impossible secret of Lillian Velvet
Moriarty, Jaclyn2024
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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?
Main title:
The impossible secret of Lillian Velvet / Jaclyn Moriarty ; illustrations by Karl James Mountford.
Author:
Moriarty, Jaclyn, authorMountford, Karl James, illustrator
Imprint:
Oxford : Guppy Books, 2024.
Collation:
486 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Originally published: Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin, 2023.
Audience:
Juvenile.pym; pyu.RA 10+
ISBN:
9781916558168 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92JF/MORJF
LC class:
PZ7.M826727
Local class:
JFFICJ
Language:
English
BRN:
3821404