The Tunnels Below - by Nadine Wild-Palmer (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"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."--Provided by publisher.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A twelfth birthday takes a very unexpected turn when a girl finds herself at the centre of a plot to save a community from the brutal Corvus rule</b> <p/>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. <p/>A truly inventive, clever and magical story about the power of friendship and the importance of self-belief by debut novelist Nadine Wild-Palmer.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>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. <b>- Alex O'Connell, <i>The Times, Children's Book of the Week</i></b> <p/>This hugely imaginative debut, with a brilliantly resourceful heroine, is one to look out for. <b>- Fiona Noble, <i>The Bookseller</i></b> <p/>A zippy and captivating read, full of cliffhanger chapter endings and inventive fantasy elements. Reminiscent of <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i>, Cecilia is pulled into a dreamlike world, with quirky twists and turns round every corner. <b>-- <i>BookTrust</i></b> <p/>A crazy adventure that skirts scary but is full of beautiful moments. <b>- Khadija Osma, </b><i><b>Scoop Magazine</b> <p/></i>The pages really did turn themselves, and really were quite gripping in their novelty. <b>-- <i>The Bookbag</i></b> <p/>A brilliantly imagined other-world adventure that pitches a young girl into a very strange place, and up against a dangerous tyrant, <i>The Tunnels Below</i> is an impressive debut. <b>--</b><i><b>Books for Keeps</b><br></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Nadine Wild-Palmer is a children's author, singer-songwriter and poet born and bred in south west London. You may have heard her on Channel 4 as a continuity announcer or seen her rearranging the books as a children's librarian.
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