The Strangeworlds Travel Agency: Adventure in the Floating Mountains by L.D. Lapinski - Ages 9-12 - Paperback

Details:
Condition: BRAND NEW
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781510111837
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
Age Range: 9-12 Years

Overview

The Strangeworlds Travel Agency: Adventure in the Floating Mountains is a 2023 World Book Day special edition from L.D. Lapinski's fantasy adventure series. This shorter standalone story sends Flick and Jonathan suitcase-travelling to Strofadia, a winged world built around three floating mountains, in time for the once-a-century Cloud-Wish Festival. Perfect for fans of portal fantasy and world-hopping adventure, it's an ideal entry point for new readers of the series.

About the Book

Strofadia is a land of flight and fantasy, where every inhabitant is born with wings and the great floating mountains are revered as the source of extraordinary power. Of the three mountains, the largest is home to the mighty Cloud Dragon, guardian of magic and granter of wishes. Once every hundred years, the people of Strofadia bring their most treasured wishes, held within physical bead-like tokens, to the dragon in the hope they will be granted when it appears at the close of the Cloud-Wish Festival. Flick and Jonathan arrive via their magical suitcase just in time for the celebrations, delighting in exploring Strofadia's cloud-dwelling communities. But as the moons rise and the festival reaches its climax, there is no sign of movement from the mountain, and no sign of the Cloud Dragon at all. With a century's worth of wishes hanging in the balance, Flick and Jonathan must uncover what has happened before Strofadia's hopes are lost forever. Written with Lapinski's trademark warmth, humour and inventive world-building, this fast-paced World Book Day adventure captures everything readers love about the Strangeworlds series in a shorter, accessible format, making it a brilliant introduction for reluctant or younger readers, as well as a treat for existing fans.

• A 2023 World Book Day title from a bestselling fantasy series
• Standalone adventure - no prior series knowledge required
• Imaginative world-building with a unique winged civilisation
• Fast-paced, accessible story ideal for reluctant readers
• Great value paperback, perfect for gifting or starting a collection
• Popular with fans of Harry Potter, Nevermoor and Pages & Co.

About the Author

L.D. Lapinski is the bestselling author of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency series, the ARTEZANS trilogy, JAMIE, and the Stepfather Christmas duology. Adventure in the Floating Mountains was selected as a 2023 World Book Day title. JAMIE was nominated for the 2024 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing and selected for the Empathy Lab UK 'Read For Empathy' 2024 collection. Lapinski's first book for the BBC's Doctor Who, Charles Darwin and the Silurian Survival, was published in November 2024, alongside the YA graphic novel Kickflip, created with illustrator Logan Hanning.

Why You'll Love This Adventure

A perfectly-sized slice of magic for young fantasy fans, this World Book Day special captures the charm of the Strangeworlds series in one exciting, easy-to-devour story - ideal for new readers and series regulars alike.

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