'RODDA IS A MASTER STORYTELLER . . . THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL, COMPELLING STORY'
-- Books+Publishing, four stars

When Quil Medway gets on the train, she thinks she knows where and howher journey will end. At camp. With another school holiday spent surrounded bypeople, but feeling alone.

Quil doesn't know how wrong she is. She doesn't know anything about theshop at Hoopers Bend. Or a bitter, prickly woman called Bailey Or a littleblack and white dog who at this very moment is chewing through a rope so he'll be free to answer a call that only he can hear.

She doesn't know about the magic.

But it won't be long now ...

From one of Australia's most renowned children's authors, this is a story about coming home when you didn't even know that was where you belonged.

MORE PRAISE

'The Shop at Hoopers Bend is a satisfying read for both young and old, with its timeless tale about new life, new hope and new beginnings. Recommended for 9 years and up.' - Reading Time

AWARDS

Shortlisted - WA Young Readers Book Awards

Shortlisted - 2017 Aurealis Awards

Shortlisted - 2018 CBCA Book of the Year Awards

Shortlisted - 2018 Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards

Shortlisted - 2018 Queensland Literary Awards

This book has been graded for interest at 9+ years.

There are 256 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd .

Emily Rodda is the author of the hugely successful Deltora Quest series, with over two million copies in print. Winner of the Children's Book Council of Australia's Book of the Year (Younger Readers) Award a record five times, she seems to know instinctively what children want to read. She currently lives in Sydney, Australia.