The Boy Who Lost His Spark by Maggie O'Farrell

The Boy Who Lost His Spark by Maggie O'FarrellThe new children's book from multi award winning author of Hamnet, Maggie O'Farrell, paired once more with Daniela Terrazzini's stunning illustrations. When Jem and his family move to the countryside, he doesn't like his new home one bit. It's an old cottage on the side of a hill, where strange things keep happening: shoes are filled up with conkers, the stairs become tangled in a woollen maze. Jem's sister Verity is certain it is the work of a

But they're drawn together by something neither understands

He writes hilariously and tenderly of how his father

one Sunday afternoon

These colourful commanders come alive in this true-life story of courage and endurance

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