Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell
This fantasy novel is about Christopher who visits his reclusive grandfather and witnesses an avalanche of mythical creatures come tearing down the hill. His grandfather is guardian of one of the ways between the non-magical world and a place called the Archipelago, a cluster of magical islands where all the creatures we tell of in myth live and breed and thrive alongside humans. They have been protected from being discovered for thousands of years; now, terrifyingly, the protection has worn thin, and creatures are breaking through…
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Framed by Frank Cottrell-Boyce
This is a very funny book written by the current Children’s Laureate, Frank Cottrell-Boyce. He was inspired by a press cutting describing how, during WWII, the treasured contents of London’s National Gallery were stored in Welsh slate mines. Our protagonist, Dylan helps work at his family’s failing garage and discovers a piece of priceless artwork in a disused slate mine. He is not interested in it until his father leaves home and he becomes boss of the family business and realises a masterpiece might just be what they all need…
