A stunning illustrated edition of the magical bestseller

• a perfect gift for Christmas!

Winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize Winner of the British Book Awards Children’s Book

of the Year Shortlisted for the Branford

Boase Award Shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize

Beautiful, thrilling and magical, Sunday Times bestselling-author

Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s critically-acclaimed first

novel is a modern classic.

‘Absolutely loved it from start to finish’ TOM

FLETCHER

‘I read it, I loved it’ MALORIE BLACKMAN

‘Kiran Millwood Hargrave creates a spellbinding world of magic,

myth and adventure’ EMMA CARROLL

Forbidden to leave her island, Isabella dreams of the faraway

lands her cartographer father once mapped.

When her friend disappears, she volunteers to guide the search.

The world beyond the walls is a monster-filled wasteland -

and beneath the dry rivers and smoking mountains, a fire demon

is stirring from its sleep.

Soon, following her map, her heart and an ancient myth, Isabella

discovers the true end of her journey: to save the island itself.

A beautifully written, multi award-winning story of friendship,

discovery, myths and magic for any age - perfect

for fans of Philip Pullman, Frances Hardinge or Katherine Rundell

A perfect gift for Christmas, illustrated in colour by

Olia Muza, and featuring a bonus chapter

From the author of Julia and the Shark and The

Mercies, chosen for the Richard & Judy Book Club

Set in an extensive and stunningly-imagined parallel

world imbued with magical realism