*RED RIBBON WINNER WISHING SHELF AWARDS 2016* A fast-paced, magical page-turner for children ages 7-9+. Black and white illustrations throughout. When Walter Brown is woken on his 10th birthday by his cat Sixpence he has no idea that his life is about to change forever. A large present wrapped in silver paper reveals an old top hat, a tiny pair of white gloves and a magician's wand - together with a mysterious note from his late Great-grandpa Horace. But Walter gets the biggest surprise when he puts the top hat on and discovers that his cat has special powers and they've been chosen for a secret mission. What better place to start practising magic, they decide, than on Walter's super-cool new neighbours, twins Harry and George Braithwaite? But magical mayhem follows when Walter accidentally sets free monsters from their new video game and finds himself locked in battle with a Fire Fiend that's threatening to burn his house down...'A superbly written, magical adventure. Highly recommended!' Wishing Shelf Book Awards review If you're looking for a fun, fast-paced story for children ages 7-9 or ages 8-10 that combines humour, adventure and magic this is the book for you!

 

This book was recognised by the Wishing Shelf Book Award.

. This book is part of a HiLo reading scheme, combining high interest relative to the required reading skill.

There are 126 pages in this book. This is a chapter book. Publishers market early chapter books at readers aged 6-10 years. This book was published 2016 by Well Said Press .

Karen Inglis is children's author living in London in the UK. She's been writing ever since she was little and still has a box of her daily diaries hidden in a cupboard. Karen is a big dreamer and thinker and loves taking young readers into worlds where literally anything can happen. like magical time tunnels that take you to meet children in the past, or soccer-mad aliens zooming down from space to hide in your bedroom and watch the World Cup, or library books that suck you down into the story, or magic hats and talking cats. She also writes in rhyme about Ferdinand Fox - a kind town fox that she once met. Karen loves going into schools and meeting her fans - she also does Skype visits to schools abroad: ) Check out her website below if you're interested to find out more. Almost 7, 000 children have now enjoyed Tom and Stella's magical adventure in Karen's time travel adventure The Secret Lake - we hope you are or will become one of them! You can find out more about Karen and sign up for news and special offers at her website >> www. kareninglisauthor. com