Casper Tock and the Everdark Wings

4,5 Sterne, aufgerundet auf 5 Ein sehr spannender Auftakt, so dass man gespannt sein darf auf den zweiten Band und das nächste Abenteuer. In diesem ersten Band geht es um zwei Kinder, einen Jungen und ein Mädchen, die sehr unterschiedlich sind und auch aus zwei unterschiedlichen Welten kommen. Doch ge......more

This surpasses Roald Dahl-esque imagination in every way! Rumblestar is the first book in the Unmapped Chronicles, essentially about a young boy called Casper Tock who stumbles into the sky kingdom of Rumblestar. From then, we follow his adventure as he meets a girl called Utterly Thankless, who is......more

Actual rating 4.5/5 stars. Casper Tock's world is defined by timetables and to do lists. Class bullies feature into these and he has devised a series of careful strategies for avoiding them. One day, these strategies fail him and, with no other place left to hide, he finds himself inside an ancient g......more

This was smashing fun and great to see Abi just let all her imaginings pour out onto the page. Don't let this make you think the book is unwieldly under the pressure of too much fantasy - it really isn't. Elphinstone knows exactly what she is doing here and children are going to love the sheer magni......more

Simply breathtakingly delightful! There is nothing better than a new book from Abi Elphinstone but there is extra reason to celebrate when you know it's the beginning of a magical new series, and it didn't disappoint. Casper, friend Utterly Thankless and dragon Arlo team up on an enchanting adventur......more