For nearly a century, Victorian London relied on “climbing boys”—orphans owned by chimney sweeps—to clean flues and protect homes from fire. The work was hard, thankless, and brutally dangerous. Eleven-year-old Nan Sparrow is quite possibly the best climber who ever lived—and a girl. With her wits and will, she’s managed to beat the deadly odds time and time again. But when Nan gets stuck in a deadly chimney fire, she fears her time has come. Instead, she wakes to find herself in ...

A dark threat faces the world of Erdas in this riveting new saga from the New York Times bestselling series.**A jaw-dropping adventure from the New York Times bestselling series is here.**Long before humans walked the land, it came to Erdas. Wicked, patient, and hungry, it has slept beneath the surface of the world. Now the Wyrm is awakening.Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan are four heroes who are split between worlds, braving separate paths in order to s...

The transporting first volume in the Vanished Kingdom fantasy series—a swashbuckling adventure with unforgettable characters, from Jonathan Auxier, the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Night Gardener and SweepPeter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes is the utterly beguiling tale of a ten-year-old blind orphan...

A New York Times bestseller, Jonathan Auxier’s The Night Gardener is a Victorian ghost story with shades of Washington Irving and Henry James. More than just a spooky tale, it’s also a moral fable about human greed and the power of storytelling.The Night Gardener follows two abandoned Irish siblings who travel to work as servants at a creepy, crumbling English manor house. But the house and its family are not quite what they seem. Soon th...

The exciting second adventure in the Vanished Kingdom series—about a clever bookmender whose life is turned upside down when she's sent on a mission to save stories and storybooks across the Wide WorldIt’s been two years since Peter Nimble and Sir Tode rescued the kingdom of HazelPort. In that time, they have traveled far and wide in search of adventure.Now they have been summoned by Professor Cake for a new mission: to find a 12-year-old b...

This epic middle-grade adventure—companion to Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes and Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard**—will take readers to the very ends of the earth . . . and beyond.**From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Night Gardener and Sweep....

Così comincia la storia di Peter Nimble: «Qualcuno di voi avrà sentito dire che al mondo non ci sono ladri migliori dei bambini ciechi. Come potete immaginare, infatti, un bambino che non vede possiede un olfatto straordinario e sarà in grado di dirvi che cosa c’è dietro una porta chiusa da cinquanta passi di distanza: sia stoffa di broccato, sia oro, o croccante di arachidi. Le sue dita, poi, sono tanto sottili da infilarsi in una toppa, le sue orecchie tanto sensibili da captare anche lo...

Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes is the utterly beguiling tale of a ten-year-old blind orphan who has been schooled in a life of thievery. One fateful afternoon, he steals a box from a mysterious traveling haberdasher—a box that contains three pairs of magical eyes. When he tries the first pair, he is instantly transported to a hidden island where he is presented with a special quest: to travel to the dangerous Vanished Kingdom and rescue a people in need. Along with his loyal ...

A New York Times bestseller, Jonathan Auxier’s The Night Gardener is a Victorian ghost story with shades of Washington Irving and Henry James. More than just a spooky tale, it’s also a moral fable about human greed and the power of storytelling.The Night Gardener follows two abandoned Irish siblings who travel to work as servants at a creepy, crumbling English manor house...

Welcome to the Fabled Stables, a magical building filled with one-of-a-kind creatures, including the Gargantula, the Yawning Abyss, the Hippopotamouse...and Auggie. Auggie is the only human boy at the Stables, and he takes care of all the other animals. The Fabled Stables have a mind of their own, and every so often, the building SHAKES and SHUDDERS, TWITCHES and SPUTTERS, to make room for a new arrival! It’s Auggie’s job to venture out and rescue a new creature from mortal danger. But wil...

Niché dans les racines de l'Arbre Éternel, le Wyrm, puissance ancestrale, se réveille et sa force maléfique menace l'équilibre du monde. La seule solution pour lui faire barrage est d'actionner un piège mis en place des siècles plus tôt, avant même la création de l'Erdas. Seul Kovo, l'une des quinze Bêtes Suprêmes, sait comment l'activer.Les quatre élus, plus affaiblis que jamais, doivent faire face à une terrible réalité : le lien qui les unissait à leurs animaux n'est plus qu'un ...

Auggie and his magical companions are tending to the Fabled Stables when the building shakes and shudders to make room for a new arrival: the Tattle-Tail. Auggie and friends travel through the portal to a town called Rainbow’s End in search of this mysterious creature. Auggie assumes that the Tattle-Tail is in danger, but he learns that it’s actually the town that needs rescuing...from an infestation of Tattle-Tails! These talking tails have taken over, attaching themselves to every backsi...