A hilarious fantasy adventure set in modern day London. An exciting subterranean London adventure, the first in a middle-grade trilogy. Hyacinth Hayward has recently arrived from America and is having difficulty adjusting to her new surroundings, especially being in the sole company of her eccentric mother. Everything feels strange. Very strange. And it gets stranger the day she accidentally unleashes the power of a secret river running through London. To prevent a second Great Fire, Hyacinth needs to retrieve a single, magically charged drop of water from somewhere in the city sewer system. Along the way she encounters an eclectic cast of characters - the shambling, monstrous Saltpetre Men who kidnap her mother, the Toshers who battle for control of magical artefacts and a giant pig with whom she has a tea party. The clock is ticking - will she figure out who to trust?

 

This book is part of a book series called City Of Secret Rivers .

There are 352 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Walker Books Ltd .

Jacob Sager Weinstein has written for the New Yorker, HBO, and the BBC and is the author of Hyacinth and the Secrets Beneath . He lives in London. www. jacobsagerweinstein. com