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'Delightfully magical and brilliantly told' Abi Elphinstone, author of Sky Song on The Boy With One Name

 Welcome to the Badlands ... a hidden part of our world full of creatures which most people think exist only in fairy tales and nightmares.

Ruby is trying to change the future. Her fate is in the hands of the council as they prepare to decide once and for all if girls can be Badlanders too.
Jones is running from his past. He’s determined to help Ruby fulfil her destiny, but first he will need to shake off the vengeful ghost of Maitland, the Master he betrayed.
 
Then they are challenged to solve a notoriously unsolvable case from The Book of Mysteries, and Ruby and Jones think it might just be the lifeline they need. But there’s a reason no Badlander has ever returned from Great Walsingham, and the two friends will have to rely on more than magic if they w

The Book of Mysteries

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    A Paperback / softback by J.R. Wallis

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      Publisher Simon & Schuster Ltd
      Published 28 May 2020
      ISBN-13 9781471183331
      978-1471183331
      ISBN-10 1471183335

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      'Delightfully magical and brilliantly told' Abi Elphinstone, author of Sky Song on The Boy With One Name

       Welcome to the Badlands ... a hidden part of our world full of creatures which most people think exist only in fairy tales and nightmares.

      Ruby is trying to change the future. Her fate is in the hands of the council as they prepare to decide once and for all if girls can be Badlanders too.
      Jones is running from his past. He’s determined to help Ruby fulfil her destiny, but first he will need to shake off the vengeful ghost of Maitland, the Master he betrayed.
       
      Then they are challenged to solve a notoriously unsolvable case from The Book of Mysteries, and Ruby and Jones think it might just be the lifeline they need. But there’s a reason no Badlander has ever returned from Great Walsingham, and the two friends will have to rely on more than magic if they w

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