The Tunnels Below
Nadine Wild-Palmer author Ellen Shi illustrator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Pushkin Press
Published:25th Apr '19
Should be back in stock very soon
On her twelfth birthday Cecilia goes out with her parents and sister to celebrate with a visit to a museum. On their way Cecilia drops the marble that her sister gave her as a present, and running to pick it up she is taken away on an empty underground train into a dark and deep tunnel. The fun family outing becomes a much more serious mission when Cecilia finds that she and her marble have a very important role to play in freeing the inhabitants of the tunnels from the tyrannical rule of the Corvus. A truly inventive, clever and magical story about the power of friendship and the importance of self-belief by debut novelist Nadine Wild-Palmer.
This is an impressive debut by Nadine Wild-Palmer... She has a tremendous imagination - I loved meeting the weird and wonderful creatures in this fantasy land -- Alex O’Connell * The Times, Children's Book of the Week *
This hugely imaginative debut, with a brilliantly resourceful heroine, is one to look out for -- Fiona Noble * The Bookseller *
The Tunnels Below is a zippy and captivating read, full of cliffhanger chapter endings and inventive fantasy elements. Reminiscent of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Cecilia is pulled into a dreamlike world, with quirky twists and turns around every corner. Nadine Wild-Palmer's imagination is big and surprising and a joy to enter. * BookTrust *
A crazy adventure that skirts scary but is full of beautiful moments -- Khadija Osman * Scoop Magazine *
A compelling-sounding debut fantasy * Sam Read's Books Blog *
Weird and wonderful creatures in The Tunnels Below... Set in an underground world where a magical community exists... it will change your thinking of the London Underground forever * Angels and Urchins *
Eerie and clever this story is reminiscent of The Midnight Hour * Sue and Pakka's blog *
A truly inventive, clever and magical story about the power of friendship and the importance of self-belief, with a really amazing atmosphere that will keep you gripped with every page turn * ReadItDaddy (blog) *
Loved the storyline and the characters! * Independent Book Reviews (blog) *
A brilliantly imagined other-world adventure that pitches a young girl into a very strange place, and up against a dangerous tyrant, The Tunnels Below is an impressive debut. * Books for Keeps *
The pages really did turn themselves, and really were quite gripping in their novelty * The Bookbag blog *
Such a sweet tale of friendship and standing up for what you believe in * Nayu's Reading Corner blog *
The Tunnels Below is a richly layered, inventive story full of tension and excitement. * Get Kids into Books blog *
Fills you with excitement and anticipation from the very first page * Scoop Magazine *
ISBN: 9781782692232
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
256 pages