Pages & Co: Tilly and the Bookwanderers
A captivating, curl-up-on-the-sofa debut about the magic of books and the power of the imagination. Since her mother’s disappearance, eleven-year-old Tilly has found comfort in stories at Pages & Co., her grandparents’ bookshop. But when her favourite characters, Anne of Green Gables and Alice from Wonderland, appear in the shop, Tilly’s adventures become very real. Not only can she follow Anne and Alice into their thrilling worlds, she discovers she can bookwander into any story she chooses.Tilly’s new ability could even help her solve the mystery of what happened to her mother all those years ago. But danger may be lurking on the very next page…
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2018
Published in this ebook edition in 2018
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Source ISBN: 9780008229863
Ebook Edition © September 2018 ISBN: 9780008229887
Version: 2018-09-01
For my sister Hester, who is made of the same stories as me
Contents
1. The View From the Gate of a Fairground
2. No One has Proper Adventures in Real Life
6. Trouble Always Starts When You Are Out of Proportion With Who You are Talking to
8. A Bit of Nonsense Never Hurt Anyone
9. Read Outside Your Comfort Zone
11. Try to Make a Little More Space For the Impossible to Happen
15. It Just Felt Like the Right Book
16. Welcome to the Underlibrary
18. Some Books are Far Safer Than Others
19. Getting Lost in a Good Book
20. The Absolute Safest Books You can Travel Into
21. Time Works Differently in Books
23. This is Why You Should Always Follow the Rules
24. Everything has Tilted on its Axis
25. More Than Neat Plot Devices
27. The Ordnances of Bookwandering
29. Book Magic is the Only Sort We Have
31. Curiosity Creates the Very Best Adventures
32. You Can Walk off the End of Any Story
34. The Wrong Place at the Right Time
35. A Bookshop is Like a Map of the World
‘Happy half-term, Tilly,’ Grandma said, looking around in confusion. ‘What on earth is the matter? And why are you taking it out on the potatoes?’
Tilly blushed and sheepishly started picking them up.
‘And you’re soaking – it’s not still raining, is it?’ Grandma said, peering out of the kitchen window. She gave her granddaughter’s head an affectionate rub as Tilly kneeled to rescue a stray potato that had rolled into the cat basket. Tilly sighed and leaned against Grandma’s legs.
‘Grace went through a puddle on her bike and it splashed all over me.’
‘Surely she didn’t do it on purpose?’ Grandma asked gently.
Tilly harrumphed in disagreement.
‘Aren’t you two as thick as thieves?’ Grandma said.
‘That was before, when we were just little. She has new friends now,’ Tilly said. ‘She got on to the netball team, and only wants to be with those girls now. She sits with Ammara and Poppy every day.’
‘Have I met Ammara and Poppy?’ Grandma asked.
‘No, they went to St Enid’s, and they stick together all the time.’
‘Well, why don’t you invite some of them round during the holiday?’ Grandma suggested. ‘Get to know each other?’
‘I don’t think they’d come,’ Tilly said uncertainly. ‘They’re always whispering and giggling about something when I try to talk to them.’
‘They might surprise you. You don’t know if you don’t ask,’ Grandma said. ‘Be brave, Matilda. Be brave, be—’
‘Be brave, be curious, be kind,’ Tilly interrupted. ‘I know.’
‘It’s what we always used to tell your mum growing up,’ Grandma said.
