Third in THE STRANGEST ADVENTURES series. Ages: 10+ After a perilous journey to the Conjuror's Realm, Milli and Ernest have again escaped the clutches of the wicked Lord Aldor. But their strange adventures are not over yet. to commemorate the extraordinary bravery of Drabville's children, millionaire philanthropist and master toymaker Gustav Von Gobstopper builds the children a special toy Arcade. But upon visiting the arcade, Milli and Ernest's excitement turns to intrigue when they encounter a small band of toys hiding underground, deranged designer tempest Anomali and a cohort of discredited surgeons, the Botchers. A macabre plot - to be executed at Christmas - emerges. Could Aldor be behind this pernicious scheme to eradicate childhood? As Christmas Eve draws close, Milli and Ernest find themselves enlisted as Santa's helpers for a Christmas spectacle that will be like no other ...Can they protect the town before catastrophe strikes? Praise for Von Gobstopper's Arcade: 'we predict this latest hit will be just one in a long line of books from this talented writer'Dolly magazine 'Alexandra Adornetto ...has a formidable writing talent'the Courier-Mail

 

This book is part of a book series called Strangest Adventures .

There are 336 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd .

Alexandra Adornetto lives in Victoria. Her first novel was published when she was fifteen years old and she has worked as a writer ever since. She is the author of THE STRANGEST ADVENTURES series, and of HALO, a series for Young Adult readers. She is currently splitting her time between Australia and the US where she is working on the sequel to HALO.