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Nin had never liked Wednesdays, but this one took the biscuit. On this Wednesday she woke up to find that it was raining buckets and that her brother had ceased to exist.
Nin realizes she is the only person to remember Toby because whoever took him is about to make her disappear too. Enter Skerridge the Bogeyman, who steals kids for Mr. Strood. With his spindle, he draws all memories of Nin out of her mother’s head. She escapes to the Drift, a land filled with the fabulous and the dreadful. What is the sorcerers’ secret and will Nin and Toby escape their fate at the House of Strood?
Nin realizes she is the only person to remember Toby because whoever took him is about to make her disappear too. Enter Skerridge the Bogeyman, who steals kids for Mr. Strood. With his spindle, he draws all memories of Nin out of her mother’s head. She escapes to the Drift, a land filled with the fabulous and the dreadful. What is the sorcerers’ secret and will Nin and Toby escape their fate at the House of Strood?
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'Rich with extraordinary incident and a whole new perspective on bogeymen ... a vivid evocation of a place peopled with strange beings and immersed in magic. Who could ask for more?' Daily Telegraph.
'A richly inventive fantasy - gripping, intricate, sometimes melancholy, occasionally gruesome, but quickened with deft touches of humour' Financial Times.
'A contender for great openings of the year ... truly moving and involving' The Sunday Times.