Exciting new 6 book character-led series for 7+ girls who love adventure!

On her tenth birthday, tomboy Sophie learns she is the Guardian of a magic gateway between our world and the Shadow Woods. She must keep the human world safe from mischievous goblins, sprites and elves

Each book sees Sophie having to outwit weird and terrifying creatures from the Shadow Woods, starting with the gruesome Goblins!

This is volume 1 in Sophie And the Shadow Woods .

This book was published 2011 by HarperCollins Publishers .

L. A. Weatherly grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA and now lives in Hampshire, England. Linda Chapman is the creator of the Stardust series, the Not Quite a Mermaid stories and two novels - BRIGHT LIGHTS and CENTRE STAGE.