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WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE 2018 YOUNGER FICTION CATEGORY

WINNER OF RED MAGAZINE'S BIG BOOK 'BEST CHILDREN'S BOOK (7-12)' AWARD

International bestselling new series. Enter the Wundrous world of Morrigan Crow and Nevermoor - the most fantastical children's series of the year.

"Exciting, mysterious, marvellous and magical ... quite simply one of the best children's books I've read in years" - Robin Stevens, author of Murder Most Unladylike

"An extraordinary story full of magics great and small" - Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink and Stars

"Endlessly inventive, with a fresh delight on every page. Nevermoor rewrites the genre of the Chosen Child novel. This is a special book" - David Solomons, author of My Brother is a Superhero

"A full-speed joy of a book; funny, quick-footed, and wildly, magically inventive" - Katherine Rundell, author of Rooftoppers

"A wonderful, warm-hearted magical adventure" - Sunday Express

"Funny and delightful" - The Sunday Times

Morrigan Crow is cursed, destined to die on her eleventh birthday. But, as the clock strikes midnight, she's whisked away by a remarkable man called Jupter North and taken to the secret city of Nevermoor.

There she's invited to join the Wundrous Society. Mystery, magica and protection are hers - if only she can pass four impossible trials, using an exceptional talent. Which she doesn't have...

Perfect for fans of the Harry Potter series and His Dark Materials, this series takes readers into an extraordinary world, setting hope and imagination alive.

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9 - 11 years
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Nevermoor
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Orion Children's Books
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12 October 2017
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Jessica Townsend lives on the Sunshine Coast in Australia, but has lived on and off in London for a few years. She was a copywriter for eight years and in a previous role, was the editor of a children's wildlife magazine for Steve Irwin's Australia Zoo. Nevermoor: The Trials Of Morrigan Crow is her first novel. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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A New York Times BestsellerAn IndieBook Bestseller#1 Kids' Indie Next PickWaterstones Children's Book Prize in Young Fiction WinnerWinner of the 2018 Australian Indie Book Award for Overall Book of the YearWinner of the 2018 Australian Indie Book Award for Children's Book of the YearWinner of the 2017 Aurealis Award for Best Children's Fiction#1 Amazon Best Children's Book of the YearPublishers Weekly Fall Flying Start PickTIME Magazine Top YA and Children's Books of the Year PickThe Chicago Tribune Best Children's Books of the Year PickPDX Parent Best Books of the Year PickA Mighty Girl Book of the Year PickB&N Kids Blog Best Books of the Year PickBrightly Best Children's Books of the Year, According to Kids PickIowa Public Radio Best Children's Books to Give PickSouth Coast Today Gift to Wrap Up for the Teen Readers in Your Life Pick

"Poignant.... A Harry Potter-esque adventure."―Time Magazine

"Imaginative."―The Washington Post

"Jessica Townsend's Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow is more than just a spectacular debut. Exciting, charming, and wonderfully imagined, it's the sort of delightful, grand adventure destined to be many a reader's favorite book."―Trenton Lee Stewart, New York Times bestselling author of The Mysterious Benedict Society series and The Secret Keepers

* "[A] spellbinding debut...Morrigan is a captivating heroine, filled with moxie and wit.... Whimsical worldbuilding, humorous dialogue, and colorful supporting characters compliment an adventurous, magic-filled plot that champions bravery, self-confidence, and hope."―Publishers Weekly, starred review

* "Readers, like Morrigan herself, will feel at home in this evocative novel where magic and confidence go hand in hand. An excellent and exciting work."―School Library Journal, starred review

* "Readers will leap into this captivating world brimming with witty characters and unforgettable adventures. A perfect fit for fans of Harry Potter and Percy Jackson."―School Library Connection, starred review

"Townsend's debut novel is a tour de force of fantastical invention, revealing original conceits with each page-turn."―The Horn Book

"Townsend knows how to keep the pages turning in this fast-paced story."―Booklist

"The magical elements are well-written and clever...but the core of this novel lies in Morrigan's realization of her own value, of being a person worth attention and affection. A dark, mystical, and emotional look at a girl who has a complex relationship with magic in a sophisticated and lushly described world."―The Bulletin --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B06XC5P52D
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Orion Children's Books; 1st edition (12 October 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Sangeeta

Magical!!

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 5 April 2021

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‘We’ve got great architecture,’ he continued. ‘Lovely restaurants. Reasonably reliable public transport. The climate’s great – cold in winter, not-cold in not-winter. Much as you’d expect. Oh, and the beaches! The beaches.’ He looked thoughtful. ‘The beaches are rubbish, actually, but you can’t have everything.’

If you are looking for a fun, light yet engrossing read, go for this one. The imagination in the book is fascinating. There is humour in the writing style. The attention to detail in the world building is impeccable.

So glad I picked this book. I enjoyed my time reading it.

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mansi mudgal

her family treats her quite terribly due to the amount of money they have to ...

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 26 January 2018

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Morrigan Crow is cursed. Her particular curse deals with getting blamed for any mishappening that occurs in her town, from the batch of food getting spoiled to death of people and animals. You name it and it's because of "that cursed child". In addition, her family treats her quite terribly due to the amount of money they have to pay because of Morrigan Crow’s wrongs and the additional shame and embarrassment she brings to them.

The thing with cursed children is that they die on their 11th birthday and when it's her turn, she is whisked away by someone to fight for a prestigious position in The Wunderous Society. And so the story goes....
This book is whimsical and a treat for those who enjoy Harry Potter and/or Percy Jackson series. It can be read and enjoyed by kids and adults alike.
The story has certain elements of Harry Potter meets Alice in Wonderland but Townsend manages to give her own twist to it, hence the lack of originality isn’t an issue as there is plenty.
This is a solid first book in a series and I can't wait for the second part.

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Prathyusha

Beautiful book

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 10 August 2020

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A very good book. Children in the age group of 10 to 13 will enjoy it

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Nevermoor - a fantasy realm

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 18 June 2018

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This book is the best! It is Harry Potter minus the offensive stuff and swear words that are not suitable for small kids. It's a must read book for all ages

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4.5 stars

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 19 January 2018

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Takes you back to your childhood reminiscent of the harry potterish adventures. Instantly engrossing.... Has great potential.
waiting for part 2

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Sumaiya Khatoon

Awesome...!! Got serious harry potter vibe while reading..

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The book was beautiful and colourful... it had cool drawings and illustrations which made it fun to read..

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Delivery is very fast. Nice cover look.

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Dazzling Entertainment

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 25 January 2019

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[caveat lector: full of spoilers]
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (2017) is the first of a sequence of novels set in an imaginary ‘Unnamed world.’ The action begins in the town of Jackalfax in ‘Great Wolfacre’, the largest of the four states which make up the dismal ‘Wintersea Republic.’ We note the suggestive names. After four chapters it moves to the metropolitan city of Nevermoor in ‘The Free State’. Except in the prologue, the story is told entirely through the eyes of the heroine, Morrigan Crow, who at the start is approaching her 11th birthday, truly her rite of passage.
Why the heroine should bear the name of a particularly formidable Irish warrior goddess is not apparent - North prefers to call her ‘Mog’ - but she is distinctive in many other ways. First, and fundamentally: she was born at midnight on the last day of the age, and therefore under a curse (one of four ‘Cursed Children’ born that year): an imaginary curse, but one with real consequences. Her mother (we guess) died in child-bed. She grew up hated by her father and shunned by all, made a kind of universal scapegoat, blamed for all that went wrong. She remained at home, and her education was haphazard; yet, somehow, she retained her sanity and critical detachment, and even a sense of humour.
She was due to die at midnight, the moment of her 11th birthday, but at 9 pm Captain Jupiter North arrived and carried her off, despite her father’s protests, and she escaped the terrifying ‘Hunt of Smoke and Shadow,’ sent by the mysterious Ezra Squall. North took her to Nevermoor, in a different time zone - 9 hours ahead - so that Morrigan jumped over the fatal midnight hour.
Established in Nevermoor (though, significantly, an illegal immigrant), and ensconced in the Hotel Deucalion run by North, she was enrolled under his patronage in a public competition to become a member of the (elite) Wundrous Society (WunSoc), to undergo a series of demanding tests in competition with some 500 other applicants. Just nine places were on offer. In the final test (the Show Trial) she had to demonstrate a ‘knack’, a distinctive and useful skill which no other candidate possessed (such as riding on dragons or breathing underwater). But poor Morrigan had no ‘knack,’ and she knew it. To add to her worries, she was persecuted by Baz Charlton (another patron of candidates for WunSoc), who denounced her to the Stink (the police) as a ‘filthy illegal’, and was also haunted by a mysterious Mr Jones, who would be revealed at the end of the narrative as Ezra Squall, notorious as the wickedest man on earth and arch-enemy of Nevermoor.
The clue to the puzzle - but we are only at the beginning of questions and answers - lay in the cryptic syllable ‘WUN.’ ‘Wunder’ provided power, heat and light in the Republic and was supplied by Squall Industries; the ‘Wunderground’ (powered by Wunder and supposedly risk free) was one of the two transport systems in Nevermoor; ‘wunimals’ had human intelligence and powers of speech; the WunSoc collected, trained and monopolised the intellectual resources of Nevermoor. Meanwhile the Cursed Child Morrigan had been made by her birth a kind of magnet, a conduit to whom ‘wunder’ was attracted, a living force visible to North as dazzling particles of light. That seems to be the theory: we can only guess what Morrigan herself would be when the gathering was complete, but there were already signs of her power, such as ability to resist a powerful mesmerist.
The heroine – ignorant and innocent, but well-intentioned – was poised on the brink of her great adventure, the first stage of which would be completed at the end of this book. What did she hope for, what did she have to help her, and what difficulties would she encounter?
First: her aim was not power, nor revenge on father or family, or anything of that sort: it was quite simply to be part of a family, and to be loved. This was what she never enjoyed. This was why Squall’s bid to tempt her with the prospect of revenge fell hopelessly flat. This was why Morrigan was so deeply moved when North spoke of the Society as a family, and she detected the emotion behind his words. Morrigan would reflect at the very end of the book that she had gone through a lot this year, but it was for the promise of family through being in the Society, and of belonging, and friendship. But then she reflected that she also had them already. When North took her into the embrace of the hotel he did the best thing he could possibly do for her.
Second, and working through and behind this, there was her innate sense of right and wrong. When she saw another competitor – Cadence – in mortal danger in the Race Trial, she turned her steed aside to save her, putting her own success at risk. (She was deeply shocked when Cadence used the opportunity to steal her place in the race.) When she realised her candidature – above all her possible failure - was putting in peril not just North but everyone in the hotel, she decided, immediately and without hesitation, to withdraw from the trials and return to the Republic: better that than put her friends in danger. She changed her mind only when North convinced her that return was impossible: there was no home to go back to.
Third, the powerful support of friends: first came North and the community in the hotel, but almost as important was Hawthorne Swift, the dragon rider, her first friend. Hawthorne gave her his friendship immediately and totally. He saw at once that Morrigan was ‘a good sort.’ Unswerving loyalty was Hawthorne’s watchword. His strength and loyalty would help her in the Fright Trial, and his belief would give her strength all the time.
Another powerful asset was her courage, or if we prefer ‘spirit’ or ‘tenacity.’ Notice her contempt for Cadence in the Fright trial, too cautious to take a risk, and her fury when Squall said she was like him. She knew she was not, and was not tempted for a moment. Yet another asset was intelligence: she never stopped thinking or questioning, however baffling she found this new strange world.
But she had big problems. First, North had committed her to a series of trials she almost certainly could not get through, and he wasn’t always there to support her – in fact his elusiveness was a terrible worry. She knew she did not have that crucial knack, and she had repeated nightmares because of it. 2nd, she was an illegal, and one of the patrons had informed the police. The moment she failed the trials the Stink would arrest her and deport her. And just beyond the border waited the deadly Hunt of Smoke and Shadow. Worse still, she was haunted by the mysterious Mr Jones, already in touch with her before she left the Republic. Her worst suspicions were confirmed when Jones was revealed as the terrible Ezra Squall, the Wundersmith. If any hint of this connection got out, surely everyone would abandon her?
An alarming summary, but somehow, miraculously, the author manages to hide the gloom behind a screen of nonsense and banter and maintain a cheerful, even exhilarating atmosphere. North is a ‘ginger-headed abomination’ who can never be pinned down, Hawthorn is ‘a professional boofhead.’ Fenestra the gigantic cat is not just a ‘magnificat’ but a cage-fighter, and addicted to sardines. When things get tough there is laughter to follow. Whenever someone needs a bit of uplift, out come the cream cakes and sweet biscuits and sugar plums and other treats. Nevermoor itself, the big city, so much brighter than dull, uniform Jackalfax, is one succession of cheerful, colourful pageants. The author’s sunny temperament shows in so many ways: the extraordinary inventiveness, her relish for the bizarre (such as the girl with sledge-hammer hands), the impossible situations and the exuberant tour of Nevermoor which began with the terrifying invitation to step off a 13-storey block clutching an umbrella and cry ‘step boldly!’ Among other delights in the novel, we note the range of borrowings (sources include Gaiman & Miéville), the variety of vocabulary, the flexible, punning use of terms (magnificat, brolly rail), and the skill in creating character. There is so much here, and it all repays examination. Magic, we note, is a constant, yet never mentioned. Where is it all going? We do not know or care, but we sense we are in the hands of a master entertainer.

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SuperMcFluffyPants

I Love This Book!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 19 July 2020

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The Bookworm on The Hill reeeeeally enjoyed this book!
A wondrous fantasy for ages 9-12…

Morrigan Crow is a cursed child. Born on Eventide night, she will now die on that same date, along with three other children who share her birthday, 11years later. Meanwhile, her short life is made miserable by every bad thing being blamed on her. On the dreaded night, however, a strange man appears and takes her away, cheating death, to a magical city: Welcome, my friend, to Nevermoor. Where animals talk and your umbrella wiil take you for a ride.

Morrigan is invited by Jupiter North, her saviour, to join the trials for the Wundrous Society. Marrigan has no choice: the trials or back to the Wintersea Republic. But it seems the society obly admits the best- the trials live up to their name.
Morrigan, desperate for a new life and friends, must overcome her worst fears and use all the knowledge she has. With pain-in-the-rearend Noelle, mysterious Cadence and many others desperate for a place, it doesn't look good for Morrigan. Will she pass, or is this a quest destined for failure?

An amazing tale of magic and adventure, this is a fast paced, imahinative debut for miss Townsend. I really reccomend it.
Yours Truly,
The Bookworm On The Hill xxx

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Kelly H

Great book and I’m 37!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 17 June 2018

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I’m 37 and I bought this for my god-daughter but decided to have a read first. Bloody brilliant! I grew up on Enid Blyton, loved Harry Potter. And I see this somewhere between both. Some of the nicer characters remind me a bit of the Magic Faraway tree but in a more grown up way and no way near as babyish. The not so nice characters have a sinister feel about them akin to the baddies in HP. A great story that I feel will develop into something a bit more philosophical as the main character mature’s (which may just be something adults will pick up on). Great reading for kids and adults alike. Something for everyone.

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Miss Cleveland

A sublime fantasy with a huge heart.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 25 February 2018

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Born on Eventide, Morrigan Crow is a cursed child. Everything that goes wrong in Jackalfax can be traced back to her. She is feared by the townsfolk, and despised by her family. And, destiny dictates she will die on her 11th birthday.

However, the mysterious Julian North interrupts her final meal to introduce himself as her patron, and with Death on her heels, she is spirited away to Nevermoor to begin her trials for the Wundrous Society. Trials for children with unique and extraordinary talents. But Morrigan doesn’t have one, other than cheating death.

To stay in Nevermoor, she needs to complete her trials and win her place in The Wundrous Society. If she doesn’t, her destiny may just have been delayed…

Morrigan is self-doubting, determined and daring. Julian North is confident, caring and charismatic. With an abundance of enigmatic characters, both loveable and loathsome, and the wonderously whimsical and inventive settings, Nevermoor is a place that once you enter, you will never want to leave.

The Trials of Morrigan Crow is a sublime fantasy with a huge heart that left me dreaming of a life in The Deucalion Hotel and yearning for a Brolly Rail to transport me to school.

I will be breaking my strict “no buying hardbacks for my bookshelf” rule for this book (I have a child who needs food, or so he tells me). There is no way I can wait for the paperback to share it at school. I need to be surrounded by people who’ve ventured to Nevermoor so we can talk bedrooms, smoke and shadows…

It’s gone straight into my top 9 reads for 2017!

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@ImaginELLA

A Wunderful Start To This Series 💫

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 30 June 2019

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This is the perfect tale, it’s simply sweet and thrilling. It features a high stakes competition that will keep you on the edge of your seat at every trial, while also focusing on the importance of friendship and believing in yourself. Morrigan is such a fantastic protagonist with endless complexities and loveable traits. It is a charming, developed world with a unique magic system and fascinating characters. There are so many twists and turns and unanticipated events that it’s hard not to love. Jessica Townsend knows what readers want. She knows we need to be hooked and surprised and mystified. Being hooked is easy, as the world building is special, like a cake with multiple layers. You think you’ve tasted it all, only to discover there are more hidden flavours. A sensational and highly recommended 5⭐️ read.

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