![]() ![]() ![]() "A loving testament to the powerful magic of books and imagination. Pages & Co.: The Bookwanderers Book series number: 1 About the book: A charming and exciting adventure about a bookish young heroine, a mysterious librarian. From debut author Anna James comes a charming and exciting adventure about a bookish young heroine, a mysterious librarian, and a magical bookshop that will delight book lovers everywhere. When new secrets are uncovered, it's up to Tilly to solve the mystery of what happened to her mother all those years ago. Tilly's new ability leads her to fun and exciting adventures, but danger may be lurking on the very next page. Not only can she follow Anne and Alice into their books, she discovers she can bookwander into any story she chooses. ![]() But when her favorite characters, Anne of Green Gables and Alice from Wonderland, start showing up at the shop, Tilly's adventures become very real. Since her mother's disappearance, eleven-year-old Tilly Pages has found comfort in the stories at Pages & Co., her grandparents' bookshop. Perfect for fans of Inkheart, The Land of Stories, and Story Thieves. An enchanting story about the magic of books and the power of imagination from debut author Anna James. A slow start and long passages of exposition demand readerly persistence, and nostalgia celebrating the magic of books often devolves into sentimentality about a fairly narrow slice of canonical fiction (Percy Jackson and Harry Potter are the only notable concessions to the twenty-first century). ![]()
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