'Jessica Townsend's Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow is more than just a spectacular debut. A Harry Potter-esque adventure.'- Time Magazine Praise for Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow:Ī New York Times Bestseller An IndieBook Bestseller #1 Kids' Indie Next Pick Waterstones Children's Book Prize in Young Fiction Winner Winner of the 2018 Australian Indie Book Award for Overall Book of the Year Winner of the 2018 Australian Indie Book Award for Children's Book of the Year Winner of the 2017 Aurealis Award for Best Children's Fiction #1 Amazon Best Children's Book of the Year Publishers Weekly Fall Flying Start Pick TIME Magazine Top YA and Children's Books of the Year Pick The Chicago Tribune Best Children's Books of the Year Pick PDX Parent Best Books of the Year Pick A Mighty Girl Book of the Year Pick B&N Kids Blog Best Books of the Year Pick Brightly Best Children's Books of the Year, According to Kids Pick Iowa Public Radio Best Children's Books to Give Pick South Coast Today Gift to Wrap Up for the Teen Readers in Your Life Pick 'Townsend offers a detailed and broadly envisioned alternate world, scenes of action and suspense, and a wide array of colorful characters but the spotlight shines on Morrigan as she struggles with her emotions and her elusive powers.'- Booklist

Readers will savor this latest adventure and look forward to the next one.'- The Buffalo News Morrigan is a marvelous heroine - smart, loyal, brave, conflicted, struggling to do the right thing in a world where it's not always clear what the right thing might be. 'Jessica Townsend lives up to the promise of her marvelous debut in this second book set in the brilliantly imagined fantasy world of Nevermoor. 'Townsend's skillful, suspense-filled storytelling in 'Wundersmith' will keep readers entertained, as Morrigan and her eccentric classmates face a test of loyalty and bravery in what will surely be the first of many to come.'- The New York Times Book Review spiritual hybrid of Doctor Who and Harry Potter.'- Barnes & Noble Kids Blog 'Readers delighted by Nevermoor's zany absurdities and enchanting incongruities will welcome further peeks into this magical world.the high-stakes action will keep fans on the edge of their seats.'- Horn Book

Fantasy fans will not be disappointed.'- Kirkus, starred Review *'Townsend's sophomore endeavor once again fully immerses her readers in a world that intermixes the magic of the Emerald City with Howl's pithiness, Percy Jackson's humor, Coraline's darkness, and perhaps a dash of the depravity of Katniss' District One.

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