Dragon's Green: Thomas Scarlett (Worldquake,Book 1) - Softcover

"The most exciting debut in children's fiction since HARRY POTTER. Immersive, engaging, original; delightful in its details (a bun shop that serves as a portal to Otherworld; a library of Last Editions; a Princess School in which girls are trained to be appealing to dragons); playful, warm and yet thrilling, too" (JOANNE HARRIS)

"An entrancing novel that stands on its prose . . . set in a dystopian future after a massive quake has annihilated modern technology . . . She is far too inventive a writer ever to let us feel we've been here before" (Daily Telegraph)

"This tale of magical education is a cracker . . . has its own distinctive style" (Guardian)

"Superb fantasy *****" (Sunday Telegraph)

"Lively, inventive, phrase-making fantasy . . . revels in evocative spells, names and descriptions of quaint shops, fabulous food and delicious interiors . . . has something of J.K. Rowling's capacity to delight" (Sunday Times)

"Otherworldly . . . 'Getting lost in a book' takes on new meaning" (Mail on Sunday)

"In this children's debut from adult fantasy writer Thomas, a young girl inherits a magical library and discovers you can - quite literally - become lost in a book . . . The first book in the Worldquake Sequence augurs well for what is to follow" (Sunday Post)

"Full of surprises . . . Spells. Wands. Portals. A child marked out for greatness . . . Effie and her friends, rugby-mad Wolf and swotty Max, are cooler and funnier than anyone at Hogwarts as they rush around trying to collect magical artefacts. In a plot turning on the theft of a library where the chief villain is a book dealer, the real magic, Thomas insists, lies in literature itself" (Financial Times)

"Will whisk you off on a spectacular adventure" (The Week)

"Deft and stylish . . . Packed with striking images . . . the exciting pace will make this a gleeful companion for many a young teen and upwards" (Literary Review)