![]() Meanwhile, exaggerated, stylized illustrations from Booth ( This Is Christmas) bring both cast and setting to life, capturing the feel of this fantastical, energetic mystery. Robodog David Walliams £14.99 £7.49 Hardback If He Had Been with Me Laura Nowlin £8. Jennifer Bell, author of The Uncommoners Show more You may also be interested in. Taylor ( Haunters) combines atmospheric descriptions with tongue-in-cheek humor, off-kilter concepts (a mechanical mermonkey that “prescribes” books), and quirky characters to create an unusual series opener. Malamander is a brilliantly plotted mystery swirling with secrets, myths and the enigmatic residents of one unforgettable sea-side town. Everyone wants that egg, from local writer Sebastian Eels to the hook-handed “Boat Hook Man,” to the Grand Nautilus’s intimidating owner, Lady Kraken. Violet’s parents’ disappearance connects to the local story of the malamander, a half-man, half-fish creature whose egg is believed to grant wishes. ![]() When Violet Parma, also 12, asks him to help find her parents, who went missing from the hotel when she was an infant, the resulting search quickly takes a turn for the weird. In the appropriately named Eerie-on-Sea, Herbert Lemon, 12, works at the Grand Nautilus Hotel as a lost-and-founder, responsible for maintaining lost items. ![]() ![]() In this endearingly strange middle grade adventure set against the backdrop of a seaside resort town during the off-season, two orphans are caught up in a local legend. ![]()
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