A witty and entertaining magical novel telling the story of a ten-year-old girl and her quest to visit all ten aunts in order to discover the fate of her parents - were they really killed by pirates at sea? Encountering dragons, witches and water-sprites among others, Bronte is taken on an adventure she could only have imagined...
Jaclyn Moriarty is the prize-winning, best-selling author of novels for children, adults, and young adults. Jaclyn grew up in Sydney, Australia with four sisters (including authors Liane and Nicola Moriarty), one brother, two dogs and twelve chickens. Her novels include the Ashbury High books: Feeling Sorry for Celia, Finding Cassie Crazy, Becoming Bindy Mackenzie and Dreaming of Amelia. A former media and entertainment lawyer, Jaclyn has lived in the US, UK and Canada, but now lives in Sydney again, along with her son, Charlie.
With its storytelling aplomb, humor, imagination, and many twists
and turns, this novel places Moriarty ... firmly in Diana Wynne
Jones territory. Readers will want to begin rereading this
spellbinder just as soon as they finish it, to find all the clues
and connections and coincidences Moriarty drops and weaves and
reconciles throughout.
*The Horn Book (starred review)*
An absolute sparkling delight of a story! Whisperers, water
sprites, spellbinders and faery-cross stitch; this book is brimming
with bright new magic ... just perfect.
*Karen Foxlee*
Have I led you wrong about middle grade fantasy in the past? The
Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone brings all
the strengths you’ve praised in Jaci Moriarty’s fiction – her
brilliant plotting, her wit, her delicious use of magic, and most
of all, her uncanny ability to turn a group of characters into a
group of friends – I think this time she brings those strengths to
the group that will most appreciate them: middle grade readers.
*Arthur Levine, editor of BRONTE METTLESTONE and the HARRY POTTER
series*
Jaclyn Moriarty charms, thrills and delights in this delightfully
unpredictable, unique and modern novel, while also brilliantly
evoking echoes of classic children's authors like Diana Wynne Jones
and Joan Aiken.
*Garth Nix, bestselling author*
A whimsical and imaginative fantasy quest that will enthral until
the end. A spellbinding gift.
*South Wales Evening Post*
Funny, quirky, and clever, this outrageously entertaining story
will have youngsters already counting down to the next
instalment
*Lancashire Evening Post*
Jaclyn Moriarty has weaved the familiar and the fantasy together
very well for children to create this compelling story.
*Booksmarks and Stages*
Everyone should read this
*My Book Corner*
I thoroughly recommend this book
*Lily and the Fae*
This is a story about body image and self-esteem that packs a
knock-out punch
*Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week*
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