An adventure story about greed. rebellion. and finding allies in the most unlikely places. The Queen and the Nobody Boy is the stand-alone follow- up to the award-winning middle grade novel. The Traveling Restaurant. Hodie is the unpaid odd-job boy at the Grand Palace in the Kingdom of Fontania. Fed-up. he decides to leave and better himself in the South. But the young Queen. 12 year old Sibilla. is fed-up. too. because of gossip about her lack of magical ability. She decides to go with him. insisting he go north to get his mothers bag back from the Emperor of UmBinnia.

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised in the Honour category by the New Zealand Children's Book Award. It was recognised in the Esther Glen Medal for Junior Fiction category by the Lianza Children's Book Award. It also was recognised in the Fiction - Junior category by the New Zealand Children's Book Award.

This book features in the following series: Fontania Series, Tales Of Fontania .

There are 308 pages in this book. This is a chapter book. Publishers market early chapter books at readers aged 6-10 years. This book was published 2012 by Gecko Press .