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The Moonlighters

By Lee Newbery

Format:Softcover

Peter Pan meets Oliver Twist in the magical new book by rising star Lee Newbery, author of Waterstones Children's Book of the Month, The Last Firefox.When ten-year-old Theo runs off from a school trip to London's Natural History Museum and decides to pay his gran a surprise visit, he discovers the surprise is on him - his gran is on holiday and Theo finds himself alone in the big city with nowhere to turn. Enter Alistair Goodfellow, a mysterious, flamboyant young person with a charismatic twinkle in their eye. Alistair offers Theo a room at the Casablanca Lily - by day, a run-down and unloved hotel; by night, a palace of magical wonders. Each night, Alistair sends their found family of runaways and ne'er-do-wells, the Moonlighters, out into London in search of lost magical artefacts, gifting them their own magical powers as a reward. Theo is quickly enthralled, but there is more to Alistair than meets the eye, and soon Theo comes to realize that the items Alistair is hunting could be more dangerous than he'd ever imagined . . . 'A thrilling and enchanting adventure, humming with magic, fizzing with fun and friendship . . . a delight from start to finish.' Lancaster Guardian

Science Fiction & Fantasy
368 pages • Softcover
First published 2025-05

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Popular Reviews(1)

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SamiraReviewed by Samira

Ich hab dieses Buch im Hostel im Urlaub gefunden und weil ich gerade kein anderes hatte, gelesen. Es ist ja eigentlich ein Kinderbuch, aber ich muss sagen, als Erwachsene hatte ich auch sehr Freude an der Geschichte. Es hat mich teilweise an eine Nachmache von Harry Potter erinnert, aber ich fand es trotzdem wunderschön zu lesen und vor allen Dingen gender-inklusiv! Fand ich sehr toll.

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