LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
Bristling with emotion, peril, longing and love, Maggie Blue and the Lost Child is the fabulously thrilling finale to Anna Goodall’s acclaimed Maggie Blue trilogy.
It begins with Maggie finding herself in the Dark World, with a baby in her arms and a “terrible ache in her chest, a longing that she didn’t understand, until she realised with a jolt that it was a longing for her mum…She had never had that feeling before, or not that she could remember”.
With guidance from the Professor, Maggie realises the baby is the Great O, and her “only purpose is to bring the Great O back home, to the sacred pool in the Magic Mountains”, but that will come at great risk, and at great cost. At the same time, Maggie’s family and friends are desperate to rescue her, and time is against them.
Beautifully-written, and shot-through with a message of following your heart to find your path, and yourself (to paraphrase the Professor), Maggie Blue and the Lost Child concludes a splendid trilogy in fittingly electrifying — and sophisticated — style.
Joanne Owen
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Maggie Blue and the Lost Child Synopsis
In the final part of this thrilling trilogy, Maggie Blue finds herself in the Dark World alone and marooned with a strange and unknown baby that refuses to be parted from her. The world has become dominated by climate disasters, wars are breaking out around them between the surviving people and the witches. Maggie has a single quest she must fulfil, but at what cost - to her and her friends, Hoagy, the irascible talking cat, Joan and Ida, Oz and the umons, who are desperate to save her? As the portals between the Dark World and her world start to crumble one by one, Maggie faces a terrible choice - to save herself and her friends or to sacrifice everything she has for the sake of the Dark World. Perilous and exhilarating, the last book in the Costa-shortlisted Maggie Blue trilogy comes to a hair-raising climax...
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9781916558205 |
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13th February 2025 |
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Anna Goodall |
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Guppy Books an imprint of Guppy Publishing Ltd |
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Paperback |
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288 pages |
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Press Reviews
Anna Goodall Press Reviews
Praise for Maggie Blue and the Dark World:
'A sophisticated magical tale, awash in sinister villains and perplexing plights...bursting with invention' - Financial Times
'Dreamy and odd, yet razor sharp and terrifying all rolled into one... The Neverending Story and Spirited Away and Coraline all rolled into one amazing story. If you have fans of manga, fans of headstrong, flawed characters, witty and brave sidekicks and truly gut-wrenching monsters then this is the one for you. I can't recommend it enough.' - Lucas Maxwell, School Librarian of the Year
'The story is every bit as bizarre, brilliant, fantastical and exciting as I'd hoped. Definitely one to watch out for.' - Kiran Millwood Hargrave
'Troubling, exultant, terrifying and magnificent....it seems to create worlds within worlds, connect the climate change to emotional frailty. Furthermore, it is clever, urgent and searing. -- Bookwagon UK As well as being an incisive critique of capitalism and human greed - especially the devastating impact it has on our environment - Maggie Blue and the Dark World is a fast-paced adventure story, full of humour, bravery and good old-fashioned wickedness. By centring the experience of somebody typically overlooked, it shows readers that we are all worthy of adventures - exactly as we are.' - Cheshire Education Library Service
'The characters are so well drawn and delightfully eccentric that one can become totally engaged in this well-developed story...An author worth watching - and a good read for fans of fantasy-based adventures.' - Lovereading4Schools, Book of the Month
'An under-confident child who goes through a portal into another world on a rescue quest is a standard formula in children's fantasy adventures. So too is a talking animal companion. What distinguishes this well-crafted debut is the freshness of its prose and the way it sidesteps cliches. Twelve-year-old Maggie lives with her aunt, who is eccentric as expected, but in particular, unfamiliar ways. Her mother is ill - her depression portrayed with grim truthfulness. The classmate Maggie is trying to rescue has been unkind, but is not just the mean-girl type. The cat companion who speaks is not just there to be wise-cracking, but is elderly and only eventually heroic. The female villain does not wear high heels and red lipstick. The evil mastermind and the dangers of the other world are strange. We come to care. Happily, this is the first of a series.' - Nicolette Jones, Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week
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About Anna Goodall
Anna Goodall was born in London into a family of musicians. Writing has always been a way for Anna to connect with herself and the world, and, alongside reading, the most important thing in her life. She lives in London with her family and her dog, Winnie.
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